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Australia: Union in talks to call off Queensland teacher strike

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ABC News: Union in talks to call off teacher strike

The IRC ordered the Queensland Teachers Union and the State Government into arbitration to resolve their long-running wage dispute

The IRC ordered the Queensland Teachers Union and the State Government into arbitration to resolve their long-running wage dispute. (ABC News)

The Queensland Teachers’ Union has begun talks with members about calling off plans for a 48-hour strike in central Queensland schools next week.

The Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) this afternoon ordered the union and the State Government into arbitration to resolve their long-running wage dispute.

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Mumbai teachers’ strike

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Mid-Day: Teachers’ strike in Mumbai

An indefinite strike has been called for on August 4, by the Mumbai Region Junior College Teachers’ Union, general secretary Sudhir Parajpe confirmed. The strike is against the Sixth Pay Commission which primary, secondary and junior college professors claim hasn’t fulfilled their demands. A total of 12 lakh teachers are going on strike of which 4 lakh are primary school teachers, 3 lakh are secondary teachers while junior college professors and non-teaching staff account for around 40,000 each.

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Australia: Uni strike would hit exam results

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Sydney Morning Herald: Uni strike would hit exam results

UNIVERSITY lecturers are preparing to take statewide industrial action, including marking bans that could disrupt students’ exam results.

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California public union OKs strike authorization

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Reuters: California public union OKs strike authorization

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California’s largest state employees’ union voted on Saturday to approve a strike authorization measure to protest furloughs of state workers and pressure state officials to ratify its labor contract.

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Nigeria: Parents to Demonstrate Against Teachers’ Strike

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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.

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Australia: IRC hearings continue in Qld teachers dispute

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ABC News: IRC hearings continue in Qld teachers dispute

There has been a hiccup at the start of today’s Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) hearing in Brisbane into the Queensland teachers pay dispute.

Today’s hearing could hold the key to resolving the bitter dispute between the State Government and the Queensland Teachers Union (QTU).

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Australia: Queensland teachers still prepared to strike

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Green Left Online: Qld teachers still prepared to strike

The Queensland Teachers Union (QTU) is assessing a new pay offer put forward on July 24 in the Industrial Relations Commission by the Anna Bligh state Labor government.

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India: Teachers’ strike: Talks fall through

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Times of India: Teachers’ strike: Talks fall through
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MUMBAI: Even after three days of intense discussion between the government and college and university teachers, the two sides seem to have failed to reach a common ground. The strike, which began on Tuesday, is set to continue.

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Nigerian University Teachers Defy Government, Continue Strike

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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.

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Nigeria: ASUU Strike: An Unending Drama

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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.

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The Teachers Union Won’t Return to Classes Until Zelaya is Back in Office; Street Protests Continue

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The Narcosphere: The Teachers Union Won’t Return to Classes Until Zelaya is Back in Office; Street Protests Continue

With the death of 19-year-old Obed Murillo allegedly at the hands of Honduran security forces at Tegucigalpa airport yesterday while President Manuel Zelaya was attempting to land there, the coup government demonstrated its willingness to resort to lethal force to maintain its power.

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LA Teacher Cuts Prompt Walkouts, Arrests, Hunger Strike

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Labor Notes: LA Teacher Cuts Prompt Walkouts, Arrests, Hunger Strike

Each year around budget time, Californians hear a familiar story from Sacramento: There’s another stalemate, because state law caps property tax rates and requires two-thirds of legislators to approve tax hikes.

The state’s inability to make budgets continues to mean less money for California public schools, which are funded at well below the national average, 46th in the nation in per-pupil spending. This time, Governor Schwarzenegger wants $10 billion in cuts from the state’s $45 billion yearly education fund.

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Nigeria: NUT Vows to Continue Strike

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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.

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Queensland: Teachers may call more strikes for better pay

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Courier-Mail: Teachers may call more strikes for better pay

QUEENSLAND teachers are expected to reject a government ultimatum and call for further strikes in their fight for better pay, the union has warned.

More than 250 Queensland Teachers Union delegates meet today in Brisbane for the three-day state conference and will vote on whether to continue industrial action.

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Honduras teachers on strike following coup

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XinHuanet.com: Honduras teachers on strike following coup

TEGUCIGALPA, June 29 (Xinhua) — All schools in Honduras were forced to suspend classes on Monday as teachers went on a strike following a military coup on Sunday in which President Manuel Zelaya was ousted.

Teachers in all cities on Monday announced a strike and took to the streets to voice their support for Zelaya.

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Zambia: Go Back to Work, Teachers Unions Urge Members

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AllAfrica.com: Zambia: Go Back to Work, Teachers Unions Urge Members

TEACHERS’ unions have appealed to their members to return to work after they agreed with the Government on a 15 per cent salary increment which was signed on Wednesday.

The Basic Education Teachers Union of Zambia (BETUZ) and the Zambia Union of Teachers (ZNUT) said in separate interviews that they had accepted the 15 per cent salary increment and urged their members to immediately return to work.

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South Africa: Sadtu strike unwarrented – officials

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Independent Online: Sadtu strike unwarrented – officials

The SA Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) strike in Soweto was unwarranted and denied children their constitutional right to an education, school governing bodies said on Sunday.

Independent Online: Union action disrupts schooling

Children across Gauteng were turned away from their classrooms after the teacher union Sadtu called on its members to disrupt schools.

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Buffalo News: Mediation pursued in NCCC labor feud

NCCC President James Klyczek said he is trying to address increasing health care and pension costs.Charles Lewis/Buffalo News
Union negotiator Joseph F. Colosi said administrators have asked for too much.

SANBORN — Working without a labor contract for almost three years will go a long way to strain a relationship.

But the continuing feud between the faculty union and the administration at Niagara County Community College doesn’t mean that either side has sat still during the process.

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Chilean Teachers, Government Strike Tentative Deal

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Latin American Herald-Tribune: Chilean Teachers, Government Strike Tentative Deal

SANTIAGO – Represents of the 80,000 Chilean teachers who have been on strike for three weeks reached an accord with authorities Friday on a mechanism for the educators to receive two years’ worth of promised bonuses, but a firm deal still depends on approval by the union rank and file.

Union members are due to meet Saturday in regional assemblies to consider the proposal.

The strike is affecting nearly 1 million students nationwide.

The educators, who are owed around $2,000 each, had demanded an immediate payment of $877 with the balance to come by October at the latest, a proposal accepted by municipalities, which administer Chile’s public schools, but not by the Education Ministry.

Municipal governments acknowledge that they owe teachers as much as $142 million in bonuses for 2007 and 2008. EFE

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Nepal teachers call for strike

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Times of India: Nepal govt’s baptism by fire begins

The Institutional School Teachers’ Union Sunday called a strike in around 6,000 schools in Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur, demanding better pay and working conditions. The strike is to be followed by a Kathmandu Valley strike Monday called by the Maoist-affiliated Newa Mukti Morcha, that is demanding an autonomous state for the Newar community, the original residents of the valley.

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