World Affairs
AGITATIONS OF THE WORKERS AROUND THE WORLD
Agitations of Teachers
Mexico
On Aug.10(2016) Professors
at the Zacatecas polytechnic
university (vpz) in Fresnillo,
Zacatecas Mexico walked off the
job , demanding a salary rise of
15% and reclassification of
professors with higher levels of
scholarship 65% of the professors
(instructors) have masters or
doctoral degrees, yet they are paid
the same as their colleagues of
lesser levels of scholarship.
Panama
Around 2000 teachers at
Panama’s p rofessional and
technical institute have gone in to
a protest strike for 35 days, which
ended on August 13. They
protested against the failure of the
Ministry of Education to complete
construction of a new building for
the college. The ministry of
education reneged on its promise
to complete the construction
earlier, which was taken up before
2½ years.
Argentina
On Aug.24, teachers from
primary schools to university level
went in to a one day protest strike
demanding the reopening of parity
tasks and other salary adjustments
complacent with ‘positive mind-set’
and adapt (adjust) to the coming
onslaught of A.I technology and its
destruction agreeing that it cannot
be stopped and submit to it with
inaction as is being advised by
experts and capitalist org anisations.
The alternative for the workingclass is to take up task of its
‘historical mission’ to emancipate
the working class form the
exploitation and protect itself from
the threat of automation and AI
artificial intelligence technology
used by capitalists and capitalist
system.
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in response to the nation’s inflation
rate @45%, which has eaten in to
the raise of salary agreed to by the
government in February.
On Octob er 13 and 14,
university professors held a two
day protest strike against the
Education ministry’s rejection of
reopening of parity talks.
Pakistan
On August. 25, teaching
hospital doctors at Mandan medical
complex in Peshawar, Khyber
pakhtunistan boycotted duties in
protest against withdrawal of their
Health professional allowance. The
protests started after certain
hospitals were reclassified as
meadical teaching institutions and
doctors’ HPA payments stopped.
On August .31 , academic and nonacademic staff of major universities
in Sindh province of Pakistan held
a one-day strike demanding
payment of overdue wages, a halt
to continued government interference in the universities and proper
allocation of funds. They also
demanded payment of bonuses
and better and equal facilities in all
universities.
On September.27, government teachers in the Federally
Administrated Tribal areas in northwestern Pakistan demonstrated in
front of Peshawar p ress club
dem anding unpaid wag es,
upgradation of their services and
payment of risk allowance.
About 3,500 contract teachers
at 48 state run working Folks
Gram mar schools in Khyber
pakhtunkhwa walked off the job for
an indefinite period them October.4
demanding 7 month’s unpaid
wages and job permanency
Australia
Around 500 teachers at
catholic schools in South Australia
stopped w ork on Sept.8,
demanding a cut in student contact
time of 1.5 hours each week to
bring them in to line with public
school teachers.
Peru
From October.27 the teachers
of Peru began a 3day strike
demanding a pay raise, free quality
education for children, completion
of commitments promised by the
gov ernment
and
removal
education minister.
Police launched tear gas
canisters at teachers marching in
protest at the airport in Cusco and
injured two teachers.
Sri Lanka
On
October.3,
acting
principals at government schools
picketed the Ministry of Education
in Battaramulla. They marched
towards parliament and picketed at
parliament. Their demand is to
make their services as p