Teachers’ strike cancels classes in Egypt
gyptian teachers remained on strike at public schools throughout the country for the fourth straight day on Tuesday, canceling classes in a new academic year that began only this week.
The “boycott” of Egypt’s state schools was called by teachers demanding better employment benefits, wage increases, and greater government investment in a notoriously overburdened educational system.
Many of the protesters said they were disappointed at the apparent lack of reform taking place in Egypt’s schools in the 7 months since the ouster of former president Hosni Mubarak.
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/the-casbah/teachers%E2%80%99-strike-cancels-classes-egypt
Tuesday's papers: Striking teachers attacked
"Bloody day in teachers' strike," reads the headline in the independent Al-Dostour. The article mentions that numerous striking teachers, who began their strike on the first day of the academic year, were attacked by angry parents across the country on Monday. At Al-Salam Preparatory School in Kafr al-Sheikh Governorate, a teacher was stabbed in the leg with a knife, a retired employee reportedly attacked a school principal in Kafr al-Zayyat, a group of parents angered with the teachers' strike set fire to the educational administration building in the town of Ahnasia in Beni Suef Governorate, and the administrative board of Al-Mustaqbal School in the town of Zeitoun in Cairo Governorate called the police over its striking teachers.
http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/497504
Spain:
Madrid Teachers Strike to Protest Austerity
MADRID—High-school teachers in the Spanish capital began a two-day strike Tuesday, disrupting the school days of hundreds of thousands of youths as opposition to sweeping austerity measures hardens ahead of general elections this November.
The Journal seems to be against the strike...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904106704576582731010022652.html
Australia:
Teachers to strike in defiance of IRC ruling
NSW public school teachers will go on strike tomorrow, defying an order by the Industrial Relations Commission not to undertake industrial action.
Teachers Federation prsident Bob Lipscombe said for the dispute to be resolved, the O'Farrell government would have to repeal the changes it had made to the NSW Industrial Relations Act that limit public sector pay rises to 2.5 per cent each year.
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"Teachers cannot stand by and allow their salaries and working conditions to be cut by unjust laws,'' he said.
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/teachers-to-strike-in-defiance-of-irc-ruling-20110907-1jxcc.html
Tacoma:
Tacoma, Washington teachers defy no-strike order
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Striking teachers in Tacoma, Washington, returned to picket lines on Thursday in defiance of a back-to-work order, forcing school officials to cancel classes for 28,000 students for a third straight day.
Pierce County Superior Court Judge Bryan Chushcoff had issued a temporary restraining order on Wednesday against the walkout by some 1,900 teachers in a contract dispute over seniority policies, class size and salaries.
The superintendent of Washington state's third largest district has characterized the strike, which began on Tuesday, as illegal.
This is why it is called wage slavery: refusing to work is "illegal".
http://news.yahoo.com/tacoma-washington-teacher-defy-no-strike-order-212053555.html
Illegal and dangerous:
Side effects of the Tacoma teacher strike
While negotiations continue between striking teachers and the Tacoma School District, others are trying to fill the gap created by the cancellation of classes. Tacoma is one of the poorest districts in the state with roughly 60-percent of its students, about 18,000 kids, qualifying for free/reduced meals.
Today the lack of those free meals turned violent when a man showed up at the picket lines outside Stewart Middle School and started elbowing striking teachers. The man, who identified himself as the grandfather of a Tacoma student, said his grandson is going hungry because of the strike. One teacher had to be hospitalized.
http://www.king5.com/community/blogs/education/Side-effects-of-the-Tacoma-teacher-strike-130225378.html
