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NIGERIA: Universities reopen after strike

World University News: NIGERIA: Universities reopen after strike

Nigerian universities have reopened after three months of paralysing strikes by unions. Three staff unions signed a memorandum of understanding with the government and called off the industrial action after weeks of complex negotiations. A stumbling block, however, may be a lack of funds to implement the core areas agreed on by the parties because of the country’s economic crisis.

Strike news

Canadian Press: Canada’s top court refuses to hear B.C. unions’ appeals about one-day strikes
VANCOUVER, B.C. — Two prominent British Columbia unions have lost their bid to have the Supreme Court of Canada decide whether a pair of one-day walkouts were Charter-protected political protests or illegal strikes.The teachers’ and health-workers’ unions staged separate walkouts in 2002 and 2003 to protest a provincial law that stripped their collective agreements – walkouts the province’s Labour Relations Board ruled were illegal.

Examiner.com: Pending strike for east bay schools
Teachers come out in droves for a strike authorization vote in East Bay District of West Contra Costa Unified School District, WCCUSD. They voted 93% yes, authorizing the United Teachers of Richmond, UTR, the authority to strike.

Wichita Business Journal: Teachers union rejects proposed contract
Untied Teachers of Wichita rejected a tentative agreement with the board of education, with 56 percent voting against the contract that called for pay freezes, elimination of bonuses and increases in health care premiums. In all, 2,684 teachers voted.

Providence Journal: 15 teacher contracts remain unresolved in R.I.
With just days to go before the start of school, a high number of school districts have unsettled teacher contracts, an indication of the tough financial times facing communities, say education and union officials.

NarcoNews: The Learning Curve of the Teachers vs. the Honduras Coup
AUGUST 23, 2009, SABA, HONDURAS: The classrooms were empty but the assembly hall was full. Last Thursday afternoon, more than two hundred striking schoolteachers and other members of the civil resistance from the northeastern state of Colón gathered at the city high school to chart their next steps.

Arab News: PA dismisses teachers, arrests Hamas loyalists
RAMALLAH: Hamas on Saturday said that the West Bank-based government of Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has dismissed 17 Palestinian teachers following recommendation from the Palestinian Authority security forces.

Toronto Sun: Oh, no, not another strike!
Toronto’s public high school teachers still don’t have a new contract, but at least they’re still talking

Free Press: Detroit unions threaten to strike over cuts
They rally in protest over plans that call for furloughs, layoffs and labor concessions
Public employees and members of several Detroit labor unions threatened to strike Wednesday in response to Mayor Dave Bing’s plans to trim the city’s budget through furloughs, layoffs and union concessions. Representatives from AFSCME Local 207, the Detroit Federation of Teachers and the activist group By Any Means Necessary threatened to strike if Bing and Detroit Public Schools Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb continue to lay off people and threaten bankruptcy and wage and benefit cuts.

Detroit News: Editorial: Strike would damage chance for recovery
A strike by public employees in Detroit would hurt recovery chances for the city and region
The last thing Detroit needs is a strike by its public employees. The city and region are reeling from the shrinkage of the domestic auto industry and declining tax revenues. A labor walkout would seriously hurt the chances of this area to join in any economic recovery in the rest of the nation.

Nigeria: ASUU Strike Threatens National Interest
Lagos Civil Society Alliance of Nigeria, a Kaduna-based rights group, has appealed to Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to embrace dialogue with the Federal Government and suspend its six-week-old strike in the interest of students.Addressing a press conference in Lagos, the group’s convener, Bashir Abdul, expressed concern over ASUU’s plight, but pleaded with the university dons to rev…

The Post (Zambia): PTUZ calls for reimbursement of teachers’ salaries
NEWLY formed Professional Teachers Union of Zambia (PTUZ) interim president Osward Matandiko has challenged teacher unions to reimburse teachers salary deductions they are suffering as a result of taking part in the recent strike action. Matandiko said Basic Education Teachers Union of Zambia (BETUZ), Secondary Education School Teachers Union of Zambia (SESTUZ) and Zambia National Union of Teachers (ZNUT) had huge financial reserves from which they could pay their members the deductions that the government had slapped on them for taking part in the strike.

Bucks County Courier Times: Teachers contract talks at a standstill
Teachers will weigh their options at a Sept. 2 union meeting. Less than a month before school starts, the North Penn School District and its teachers union are still deadlocked over a new contract.

Business Day (Nigeria): Teachers Strike: FG pulls out of talks
Hopes of getting the university students back to school have been dashed as the Federal Government negotiating team announced its official withdrawal from the ongoing re-negotiation exercise with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on the ongoing industrial action. Gamaliel Onosode leader of the federal government team who announced government withdrawal from the exercise also urged the Governing Councils of Federal Universities to recall their staff that are on strike and provide an enabling environment for teaching, research and community services for those who are willing to work.
Onosode said until the Union suspends its current strike, it will not continue because of non availability of enabling environment for governing councils to continue the negotiation with their employees.

NIGERIA: Supreme court reinstates sacked academics

World University News: NIGERIA: Supreme court reinstates sacked academics

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has ruled the dismissal of five lecturers of the Federal University of Ilorin was invalid. The court will decide next month on a similar case affecting a further 44 academics who were also sacked eight years ago for taking part in a national strike organised by the Academic Staff Union. The verdict was hailed by lawyers and civil society organisations as a triumph of the rule of law and due process.

Nigeria: Parents to Demonstrate Against Teachers’ Strike

Daily Trust: Nigeria: Parents to Demonstrate Against Teachers’ Strike

Jos — The National Parent Teacher Association of Nigeria (NAPTAN) is to stage a peaceful demonstration August 4, 2009 to show their disapproval of the failure of the state government to end the current indefinite strike by the National Union of Teachers (NUT) in Plateau State.

Nigerian University Teachers Defy Government, Continue Strike

VOA News: Nigerian University Teachers Defy Government, Continue Strike

Nigeria’s government-owned universities remain closed Friday as an indefinite strike over pay increases entered a fourth week. The teachers declared a strike last month to push the government to honor an agreement on an enhanced pay structure and conditions.

Nigeria: ASUU Strike: An Unending Drama

Nigeria: ASUU Strike: An Unending Drama

THE Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) grew out of the Nigerian Association of University Teachers (NAUT), which was formed in 1965, covering academic staff in the University of Ibadan; University of Nigeria, Nsukka; Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria; University of Ife, Ile-Ife; and University of Lagos.

Nigeria: NUT Vows to Continue Strike

This Day: NUT Vows to Continue Strike

A meeting between the Plateau State Government and officers of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) to resolve the face-off between the union and the government has ended in a deadlock.
The meeting was initiated by the state House of Assembly Committee on Education to dialogue with officials of the NUT to end the strike by teachers in the state.

NIGERIA: Lecturers slam Harvard training deal

World University News: NIGERIA: Lecturers slam Harvard training deal

An agreement struck between Harvard University and the Governors’ Forum in Nigeria for the world-leading US university to teach governors of states in African the fundamentals of good governance has been rejected by lecturers. They described the agreement as wasteful and unproductive, called for its cancellation and suggested governance training take place at home.

Nigeria: Invigilation Resumes as Oyo Teachers Call-off Strike

This Day: Invigilation Resumes as Oyo Teachers Call-off Strike

Parents in Oyo State heaved a sigh of relief as the 37-day strike, by members of the state chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) was suspended at the weekend. With the call-off, the teachers have resumed the invigilation of the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE), which they avoided while the strike lingered.

Nigeria: Teachers Suspend Strike in Delta

AllAfrica.com: Nigeria: Teachers Suspend Strike in Delta

Asaba — Delta State wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has suspended the four-week industrial action it called to press for improvement of the welfare of its members.

Nigeria: NUT Suspends Strike in Sokoto

This Day: NUT Suspends Strike in Sokoto

Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) Sokoto State chapter has announced the suspension of a three day strike embarked by primary school teachers on Wednesday which has paralyzed academic activities in the state.

Nigeria: TSS: Oyo teachers call off 37-day-old strike

The Punch: TSS: Oyo teachers call off 37-day-old strike

The leadership of the Oyo State wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers has suspended its 37-day-old industrial action following an agreement reached with the state government on the implementation of the new salary structure.

Nigeria: Delta NUT vows to sustain strike

Daily Sun: Salary: Delta NUT vows to sustain strike

In spite of assurances by the Delta State Education Commissioner, Dr. (Mrs.) Elizabeth Uvo- Gardner that the strike action by teachers in the state would soon be called off as government has commenced the desk payment of the teachers’ salaries which is a major point in the dispute, there are indications that the two-week-old strike action embarked upon by the teachers would not be called off.
This is coming on the heels of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) Delta State chapter vowing to sustain the strike until their February 2009 salary is paid.

Nigeria: Lagos Teachers Suspend Strike

This Day: Lagos Teachers Suspend Strike

The Lagos State wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has suspended the indefinite strike it embarked on to protest the state government’s non-implementation of the Teachers’ Salary Structure (TSS), as agreed by the Governors’ Forum and the union last year.

Nigeria: National Strike: We Will Mobilise Against Labour, NUT – PADGOG

Leadership Nigeria: National Strike: We Will Mobilise Against Labour, NUT – PADGOG
March 9th, 2009

Ahead of the impending national strike by teachers over agitation for increase in salaries and other claims, a socio- political group, Patriots for Democracy and Good Governance (PADGOG), has threatened to mobilise millions of Nigerians to march against the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) if it did not shelve the idea in the interest of the nation.

Nigeria: NUT strike: Ogun backs out of new pay for teachers

Punch: NUT strike: Ogun backs out of new pay for teachers
By Ademola Oni
Published: Sunday, 1 Mar 2009

Owing to dwindling allocations from the Federation Account, the Ogun State Government is said to have backed out of its earlier decision to pay the 27.5 per cent increase in the salaries of teachers in the state.

Nigeria: Strike – Negotiation Between Teachers, Osun Government Deadlocked

Daily Independent (Lagos): Nigeria: Strike – Negotiation Between Teachers, Osun Government Deadlocked

Osogbo — A peace parley between Osun State teachers, under the aegis of Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) and the state government, led by the state Commissioner for Education, Abdul Jelili Adesiyan, was reported to have ended in deadlock.