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February 9, 2013
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  • 23/10/2012 | Argentina

    Teacher strikes to affect classes all week in BA province

    Classes in schools across Buenos Aires province are being drawn to a halt this week, as two teachers unions are on separate 48-hour strikes between today and tomorrow, and Thursday and Friday.

  • 17/11/2012 | Argentina

    'Teachers strike is inopportune,' Scioli

    Buenos Aires province governor Daniel Scioli deemed today the upcoming teachers’ strike as “inopportune.” “Even though strike is a constutional right, under these circumstances I consider it inopportune.”

  • 17/12/2012 | Argentina

    Teachers threaten school year

    Teachers unions from Santa Cruz and Entre Ríos are threatening to not begin the 2013 academic year if their demands for wage hikes are not resolved. The AGMER (Entre Ríos) has already decided to take up the measure, while ADOSAC (Santa Cruz) will decide at an assembly tomorrow.

  • 28/08/2012 | Argentina

    Six teachers removed from school over video mocking Macri, Bullrich

    The City Ministry of Education informed that it had decided to remove six teachers from their positions in a Monte Castro public school over a “disrespectful representation” of Mayor Mauricio Macri and Education Minister Esteban Bullrich.

  • 29/08/2012 | Argentina

    Teachers announce Friday strike over Macri sanctions

    Secretary-general of UTE-CTERA Teachers' union Eduardo López announced a 24-hour strike for this Friday after the City Ministry of Education decided to remove six teachers from their positions in a Monte Castro public school over a “disrespectful representation” of Mayor Mauricio Macri and Education Minister Esteban Bullrich in a video mocking.

  • 31/08/2012 | Argentina

    State school teachers on strike, disrupt traffic in BA City centre

    UTE teachers union members were on strike today in Buenos Aires City,  and carried out a march along Avenida de Mayo in protest against sanctions made against a group of teachers earlier in the week. Three hundred and fifty students are affected by the strike.

  • 17/07/2012 | Argentina

    BA province teachers reject bonus payment schedule

    FEB education workers’ head Mirta Petrocini confirmed that classes would not resume in Buenos Aires province, and urged the provincial administration to pay the midyear bonus as soon as possible despite the government’s decision to pay it in two installments before August 15.

  • 20/07/2012 | Argentina

    Teachers to lift strike if midyear bonus is paid

    SUTEBA teachers’ union secretary-general Roberto Baradel reiterated today teachers will lift the strike scheduled to start after July’s winter break if the midyear bonus is paid by next week.

  • 24/07/2012 | Argentina

    BA province teachers' salaries to be paid in full despite recent strikes

    The salaries of Buenos Aires province teachers involved in strikes to claim the payment of the midyear bonus will be paid in full, Governor Daniel Scioli announced on Tuesday.

  • 09/04/2012 | Argentina

    BA City teachers to go on strike

    Secretary-General of the Ademys Teachers’ union, Carlos Oroz, confirmed to reporters that capital City public schools will go on strike tomorrow as part of their claims against the City government’s plan to dismantle 96 classes due to the lack of pupil.

  • 11/07/2012 | Argentina

    Strike, roadblocks begin in Buenos Aires province

    Teachers, court workers, health and administrative workers in the province of Buenos Aires began their promised 48-hour strike this morning with several roadblocks to protest the government’s payment of midyear bonuses in four installments.

  • 12/07/2012 | Argentina

    Buenos Aires workers begin second day of strike

    Teachers, court workers, health and administrative workers in the province of Buenos Aires began today their second day of a 48-hour strike to protest the government’s payment of midyear bonuses in four installments.

  • 18/03/2012 | Argentina

    Teachers urge Gov't to resume collective bargaining talks

    SUTEBA secretary general, Roberto Baradel, stressed that the Government “should aim at figuring out a way to restart the dialogue with the teachers’ unions, and warned that the tent set up by teachers in front of City Hall will remain in place at least until the end of the month.

  • 29/03/2012 | Argentina

    Teachers take over City Education Ministry

    A group of around a hundred teachers took over the first floor of the City Education Ministry, along Paseo Colón 200, to protest against the closing of 221 school grades by the City Government. The teachers will be received by City Education Minister Esteban Bullrich on Friday.

  • 30/03/2012 | Argentina

    Bullrich, teachers fail to reach an agreement after City Education Ministry takeover

    Teachers from different unions failed to reach an agreement with City Education Ministry over the suspension of the closing of 221 grades in public city schools, and proposed to go on strike on April 10, although the decision has to be previously approved in an Assembly.

  • 13/03/2012 | Argentina

    Teachers' unions accept BA province gov't wage offer

    After a very public dispute and several strikes, teachers' unions in the Buenos Aires province reached an agreement with the provincial government and solved a weeks-long dispute sparked by what they considered was a very low basic salary offer.

  • 14/03/2012 | Argentina

    CTA leader calls for national strike

    Argentine Workers Union (CTA) leader Pablo Micheli called for a national strike that will be held either in late March or early April and hoped “CGT boss Hugo Moyano joins us”, as he marched from the intersection of Nueve de Julio and Belgrano avenues to the Labour Ministry to claim for wage hikes and the ban of the income tax, among other issues.

     

  • 14/03/2012 | Argentina

    CFK warns Santa Fe teachers over rejection of basic salary offer

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner called on teachers in the Santa Fe province to “reflect” on their decision to reject socialist governor Antonio Bonfatti’s offer of a $4000 pesos basic salary, warning that they are not being “sensible” and are failing to set an example. 

  • 08/03/2012 | Argentina

    Buenos Aires province gov’t and teachers wage talks to continue on Monday

    Negotiations between the Buenos Aires province Government and teacher unions will continue on Monday, following a meeting held at the the Public Sector’s Collective Bargaining Under-Secretariat in La Plata.

  • 12/03/2012 | Argentina

    SUTEBA’s Barabel says teachers waiting gov't call to resume wage talks

    Negotiations between the Buenos Aires province government and teacher unions were due to resume today but according to union leaders the Province’s Labour Ministry has not called the teachers back to the negotiations table yet.

  • 12/03/2012 | Argentina

    BA province gov't summons teachers for Tuesday meeting

    Teachers’ unions are still demanding a basic salary of $3,100 pesos, but so far the Buenos Aires province government has offered $2,860 pesos. 

  • 03/03/2012 | Argentina

    'Some teachers would strike even if they earned 10,000 pesos,' Sileoni

    Education Minister Alberto Sileoni assured that “some teachers would strike even if they were earning 10,000 pesos a month,” as BA province teachers failed to reach a deal leaving classes on hold for thousands of children.

  • 06/03/2012 | Argentina

    Teachers go on national strike

    Buenos Aires province teachers’ union ratified the 48-hours national strike scheduled for today and Wednesday to demand a wage hike above from the one offered by the provincial government ($2,800 pesos).

  • 07/03/2012 | Argentina

    BA province teachers conclude second day of strike

    Teachers in the Buenos Aires province finished their 48-hour strike on Wednesday, a protest that on both days was joined by a high percentage of teachers. They are now waiting for a better offer from the Government which they believe “will end the conflict.”

  • 24/02/2012 | Argentina

    Buenos Aires province teachers to go on strike

    Suteba teacher union announced they would stage a 24-hour strike next Tuesday, the first day of school in Buenos Aires province, after they failed to reach a deal with the provincial government over a wage hike.

  • 29/02/2012 | Argentina

    BA Province Gov't to hold wage talks with teachers on Friday

    The Buenos Aires province government announced today that they will be holding new wage negotiations with teachers’ unions on Friday. The talks come with a hope to conclude collective bargaining, following the 48-72 hour strike currently in place, which stopped classes from starting in the first week of the school term.

  • 04/03/2012 | Argentina

    BA province teachers to continue strike next week

    Teachers’ unions in Buenos Aires province will continue to strike next week, after wage negotiations with the province's Government failed during a meeting today. The beginning of the school year remains on hold for thousands of children.

     

  • 20/02/2012 | Argentina

    'Unions didn't understand our offer,' Bullrich

    Buenos Aires City Education Minister Esteban Bullrich came on stage to defend the offer made this morning before teachers’ union representatives.

  • 23/02/2012 | Argentina

    Teacher unions accept City Government's upped wage proposal

    City teacher unions accepted the upped wage proposal put forward today by the City Government, and are to receive minimum monthly wage of $2,950 pesos with an additional 50 pesos added to cover teaching material costs.

  • 23/02/2012 | Argentina

    National teachers’ wage talks fail

    National Education Minister Alberto Sileoni announced that the teachers’ union “did not accept the offer made,” during a press conference. Meanwhile, members of the unions announced that they “don’t rule out going on strike.”

  • 13/02/2012 | Argentina

    BA province to begin collective bargaining with teachers, state workers

    The Buenos Aires province government has summoned representatives from the teachers’ and provincial workers’ unions in order to begin the collective bargaining talks this Thursday, the provincial labour ministry announced.

  • 16/02/2012 | Argentina

    Teachers' wage talks in BA province go on recess

    Buenos Aires province government and unions of the Teachers Union Front agreed to go on a recess in the collective bargaining talks that will define the wage hike for the sector until it is defined nationwide.

  • 20/02/2012 | Argentina

    BA City teachers wage talks suspended

    Buenos Aires City government and members of the 17 teachers’ union failed to reach an agreement over the wage talks only eight days before the beginning of the classes.

  • 09/02/2012 | Argentina

    Teacher unions 'concerned' over lack of progress in collective bargaining talks

    After leaving their first collective bargaining meeting with Education Minister Alberto Sileoni, representatives from the five largest teachers’ unions in the country voiced their “concern” over the Government’s alleged lack of response to their calls for a 28 percent hike in the sector’s minimum wage.

  • 10/02/2012 | Argentina

    Teacher unions to continue collective bargaining talks next week

    The five main trade unions that represent school teachers across the country met again today with the Government, in the second round of collective bargaining talks and did not reach an agreement, and thus decided to keep on negotiating next week. Education authorities offered a minimum wage of 2700 pesos, which did not satisfy unionists, who aim to obtain a 3000 pesos salary.

  • 12/02/2012 | Argentina

    Teachers' unions urge Gov't to reach agreement on salaries

    With only three weeks left before the beginning of the school year in most of Argentina’s provinces, representatives from the country’s largest teachers’ unions urged the National Government to come to an agreement on collective bargaining.

  • 02/12/2011 | Argentina

    Legislature approves modification of teachers' Classification Boards

    After a series of agitating incidents that interrupted the teacher's protest outside the City Legislature downtown on Thursday, City lawmakers finally approved Friday morning, a law which modifies the system of teachers’ Classification Boards and teacher promotions.

  • 10/12/2011 | Argentina

    CFK calls for compliance with school calendar

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner assured that “economy has laws and rules that aren’t enforced only by law or decree,” and regarding education, she requested “more quality not only in students but in teachers as well,” while addressing the Legislative Assembly during her inauguration ceremony.

  • 02/02/2012 | Argentina

    Teachers urge Government to begin collective bargaining talks

    The five national Teachers’ unions urged the Government to make an “urgent” call to the bargaining table in order to discuss salary negotiations for 2012 and set the bases for the provinces.

  • 25/11/2011 | Argentina

    Teachers and City gov't fail to reach a deal

    The City Education Minister Esteban Bullrich held a meeting with teachers' unions after they staged a strike yesterday and a march to reject he bill sponsored by the centre-right party PRO that aims to eliminate teachers’ Classification and Disciplinary Boards.

  • 29/11/2011 | Argentina

    BA teachers to strike again for 48 hours

    Buenos Aires teachers belonging to the Union of Education Workers (UTE) will pitch a tent from today in front of the City Legislature in protest of the City government’s decision to eliminate Classification Boards, which is to be debated next Thursday. Many begin striking for 48 hours tomorrow, while other unions begin striking on Thursday.

  • 01/12/2011 | Argentina

    Legislature debate on teachers' bill rages on

    City lawmakers in the Legislature continued to debate after midnight a controversial bill that looks to eliminate the current teachers’ Classification and Disciplinary Boards amidst much criticism and accusations from all sides, while hundreds of enraged teachers awaited an outcome outside the building.

  • 14/11/2011 | Argentina

    Meeting between teachers, City Gov't over Classifying Boards postponed

    An ongoing meeting between teachers’ unions and City government officials in which both parts are discussing the potential elimination of Classifying Boards for teachers will resume next Wednesday.

  • 16/11/2011 | Argentina

    Teacher unions, City Gov't to continue Classification Boards debate next Wednesday

    The secretary general of the Education Workers’ Union (UTE), Eduardo López, confirmed that negotiations regarding changes in the teachers’ Classification Board will resume “next Wednesday.”

  • 24/11/2011 | Argentina

    City school teachers march again

    Once again, city school teachers from Ademys union were carried out yet another strike and marched in complaint of the bill being putting forward to eliminate Classification Boards.

  • 09/11/2011 | Argentina

    City Legislature postpones teacher Classification Board elimination debate

    City PRO lawmakers decided to remove the bill that seeks to eliminate teacher Classification Boards from November 17th debate agenda, “in order to reach a common path,” according to sources.

  • 10/11/2011 | Argentina

    Teachers' union announces new strikes

    After the third meeting between the City Teacher’s union and City government officials, the former decided to go on strike in 15 days in repeal of the elimination of the teacher Classification Boards.

  • 14/11/2011 | Argentina

    BA province teachers go on strike; 4 million students affected

    Teachers in Buenos Aires province will hold a 24-hour strike in public and private schools, demanding the opening of bargain talks as the unions seek for a wage increase. The strike affects 4 million students, and unions already warned that the conflict could be extended.

  • 18/10/2011 | Argentina

    City Gov't assures teachers 'will have strike days deducted'

    The City Government announced this morning that all teachers who go on strike tomorrow and Thursday under the City teacher unions’ announced 48-hour strike “will have to make up all missed classes, and that both strike days will be deducted” from their pay.

  • 20/10/2011 | Argentina

    Buenos Aires teachers strike continues

    Teachers from the Union of Education Workers (UTE) alongside Ademys, UDA; CAMYP, SEDEBA and AMET unions started the second day of a 48-hour teaching strike in Buenos Aires City.

  • 01/11/2011 | Argentina

    BA province teachers ratify 48-hour strike

    Members of the Buenos Aires Teachers’ Union (Udocba) confirmed the strike to be held on Thursday and Friday to claim for a 3,100 pesos minimum wage and the renewal of wage talks, among other measures.

  • 29/06/2011 | Argentina

    Santa Cruz teachers request re-opening of wage talks with Peralta

    Teachers in Santa Cruz put forward a plea to Daniel Peralta’s provincial government to resume talks over reaching a wage deal amidst the heavy conflicts over salaries in the teaching sector.

  • 04/10/2011 | Argentina

    City Gov't and teachers clash over strikes

    City Education Minister, Esteban Bullrich, declared that “teachers who go on strike, will not get paid for today,” after labelling the planned 24-hour strike and protest rallies that took place  in the city of Buenos Aires, "completely unjustified."

  • 17/10/2011 | Argentina

    Teachers call 48-hr strike in protest of City Gov't bill

    Teachers in the City of Buenos Aires have called a 48-hour strike on Wednesday and Thursday in protest of the City government’s bill intending to eliminate Classification Boards and for the full recognition of the City’s Teacher Statute.

  • 20/06/2011 | Argentina

    Santa Cruz teacher unions strike to continue

    Santa Cruz province teacher unions have decided to continue with the strike they began on April 15 in demand of a 50 percent wage increase, despite the mandatory conciliation that they were ordered to abide by two separate court rulings. They have decided to send a group of teachers to Buenos Aires with the aim of taking their protest to a national level.

  • 23/06/2011 | Argentina

    Incidents as Police evicts Santa Cruz teachers camping in front of the Labour Ministry

    Santa Cruz teachers camping in front of the Labour Ministry were evicted by the Federal Police Infantry. Sources told BuenosAiresHerald.com that there were at least 9 injured and three people were detained. The teachers had set their tents at the entrance of the ministry to claim a 50% increase in their wages.

  • 28/06/2011 | Argentina

    Santa Cruz teachers lift strike

    The largest Santa Cruz teachers’ delegations took to their provincial conference in Caleta Olivia a statement in which they decided to call off the strike they began on April 15th. Their position had already been announced during their last assembly meeting, union sources confirmed.

  • 11/06/2011 | Argentina

    Teachers' unions summoned to solve conflict in Santa Cruz

    Santa Cruz’s Labour Department summoned two teachers’ unions involved in the conflict for Monday and urged them to abide the mandatory conciliation and to “immediately lift” the strike which began on April 15 for undetermined time, the provincial government reported.

  • 13/06/2011 | Argentina

    Talks between Santa Cruz teachers' unions, Government fail

    The Santa Cruz province teachers' unions and the local Government failed to reach an agreement after a lengthy meeting which seeked to solve the ongoing conflict based on the unions demands for a 50 percent hike in salaries.

  • 16/06/2011 | Argentina

    Santa Cruz governor Peralta awaits ruling enabling him to dismiss teachers

    While Santa Cruz province teachers ratified their rejection to the wage increase ordered by Governor Daniel Peralta, the gubernatorial administration currently awaits a ruling that determines the illegality of the 52-day long strike.

  • 25/05/2011 | Argentina

    Santa Cruz picketers mantain roadblocks despite eviction order

    Judge Eduardo Quelín urged the Santa Cruz teacher unions to lift the blockades they set on routes to oilfields and ordered the Gendarmerie to guarantee free traffic. However a union spokesman announced they won't lift the roadblocks. They demand  a fifty percent wage increase.

  • 01/06/2011 | Argentina

    Santa Cruz teachers take over buildings and set up more road blocks

    With new roadblocks set on nine oilfields in Pico Truncado and the taking over of buildings in Rio Gallegos in addition to road blocks in Caleta Olivia and picketing in Las Heras, the teachers' conflict in Santa Cruz recently took a turn for the worse.

  • 10/06/2011 | Argentina

    Students takeover teachers' union headquarters in Santa Cruz province

    Tension mounts in Santa Cruz as a group of students entered to the headquarters of the teachers’ union in the province (ADOSAC) and blocked the exit to the union leaders to claim for the conflict to end and resume the classes, according to the OPI Santa Cruz site.

  • 22/02/2011 | Argentina

    National Gov't seals deal with teachers' unions

    After long talks, the government and the teachers’ union reached an agreement on the salary raise. Nevertheless, the accord does not include Buenos Aires City teachers, who told reporters that they are waiting for the City government to summon them.

  • 25/02/2011 | Argentina

    BA City teachers' unions accept Gov't offer

    Buenos Aires City teachers’ union decided to accept the City government’s proposal, which offered a 31 percent increase in two parts, and will begin with the classes on Monday as the majority of schools of the country.

  • 15/05/2011 | Argentina

    Santa Cruz teachers reject 25 % salary hike, continue with their strike

    Santa Cruz province teachers’ unions rejected the Government’s wage increase offer and decided to continue with their strike and the blockade of oilfields. They will also appeal the ruling that forces them to abide by the Labour Ministry’s mandatory conciliation.

  • 04/02/2011 | Argentina

    Gov't, teacher unions fail agreement on wages

    The Education Ministry held a meeting with five teacher’s unions representatives, but failed to reach an agreement on a pay deal for this year. The unions demanded a pay floor increase of 2,500 pesos.

  • 08/02/2011 | Argentina

    Education Ministry, teacher's unions end second round of wage talks

    Education Ministry officials and representatives from the five teacher’s unions met for the second time this afternoon in order to discuss wage talks and the new nationwide salary floor.

  • 14/02/2011 | Argentina

    Sileoni confident a deal with teachers will be reached

    Buenos Aires Education Minister Alberto Sileoni today assured a deal with teachers’ unions will be reached during a meeting to be held between both sides to discuss salaries demands.

  • 20/09/2011 | World

    Spanish teachers strike over education cuts

    Thousands of teachers, parents and schoolchildren marched through Madrid in protest against spending cuts in education, as Spain fights to avoid being dragged into a euro zone debt crisis.


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