Jamaica’s government pledges to pay public school teachers $90 million in back wages

October 7th, 2009 Thousands of Romanian workers protest low wagesBUCHAREST, Romania — Thousands of Romanian workers from all over the country protested low wages in the capital on Wednesday, rallying outside government headquarters to demanded leaders do something to increase their pay. Trade unions said up to 20,000 workers were expected to take part in the three-hour rally, and traffic was diverted in Bucharest.

September 14th, 2009 Wash. teachers approve contract, head back to workSEATTLE — Teachers in Washington state's fourth-largest school district have approved a new contract and are heading back to the classroom. The Kent Education Association says teachers overwhelmingly approved the contract Monday with a 94 percent "yes" vote.

September 13th, 2009 WA official: Only US teacher strike nears endKENT, Wash. — Contract negotiators reached a tentative agreement Sunday night aimed at ending a teacher strike in Washington, the only such walkout in the nation, a union official said.

September 10th, 2009 Judge threatens to fine striking Wash. teachersKENT, Wash.

September 10th, 2009 Judge to weigh in on teacher strike in WashingtonKENT, Wash. — A judge is expected to weigh in Thursday on a teacher strike that has shut down the fourth-largest school district in Washington during the first week of classes.

September 10th, 2009 PATNA - Skipping classes could prove costly for teachers in Bihar. Concerned over the poor attendance in schools, the state government has decided to introduce technology to monitor the presence of teachers in government schools, official sources said here Thursday.

September 4th, 2009 GUWAHATI - As the country celebrates Teachers Day Saturday, there is a sense of gloom and despondency in Assam, due to incidents of students vandalising schools and assaulting teachers. This is a shocking state of affairs to find students punching and kicking teachers inside schools and in one instance vandalising school property, Pabitra Deka, principal of the 175-year-old Cotton Collegiate Higher Secondary School in Assam's main city Guwahati, told IANS.

September 1st, 2009 School's out in Oaxaca: Teachers on strikeOAXACA, Mexico — Teachers enraged by the shooting death of a colleague seized government offices and blocked roads Tuesday in southern Oaxaca state, the site of months of violent demonstrations by teachers three years ago. Leftist groups that battled with authorities in this picturesque Mexican colonial city for five months in 2006 are working with the educators in this latest strike, using hijacked trucks and buses to block intersections.

August 29th, 2009 Protests in Mexico after Oaxaca teacher killedOAXACA, Mexico — Protest barricades returned to the streets of this southern Mexico city Friday after a teacher was killed and two other people were wounded during an apparent clash between rival unions in another part of the state. Oaxaca city, capital of the state of the same name, was brought to a standstill for months in 2006 by protests sparked by a teachers strike, until federal security forces finally moved in and cleared out demonstrators.

July 14th, 2009 Teachers urge Obama to collaborate to fix schoolsWASHINGTON — A teachers' union challenged the Obama administration Monday to live up to its promise of working with teachers and not against them. Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, said her union will post a "collaboration meter" on its Web site to judge whether reforms are happening with teacher involvement.

July 13th, 2009 Union challenges Obama work with teachersWASHINGTON — A teachers' union challenged the Obama administration Monday to live up to its promise of working with teachers and not against them. Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, said her union will post a "collaboration meter" on its Web site to judge whether reforms are happening with teacher involvement.

May 2nd, 2009 LA teachers union authorizes 1-day work stoppageLOS ANGELES — The union representing Los Angeles teachers has approved a one-day work stoppage next month to protest plans to lay off thousands of teachers and increase class sizes for the next school year. United Teachers Los Angeles, which represents nearly 48,000 teachers and other district workers, says teachers will likely picket outside their schools before meeting for an afternoon rally on May 15.

April 23rd, 2009 Colbert: Does Bill Gates ever talk about me?SEATTLE — Stephen Colbert had an important question for an official with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: "Does Bill Gates ever talk about me?" The host of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" helped announce a $4.1 million donation from the foundation to donorschoose.org at a New York City high school Tuesday. Colbert is a board member of donorschoose, a Web site where teachers seek money for student projects and donors choose which projects they want to support.

April 22nd, 2009 Ex-prof in NYC school noose case sues for $200MNEW YORK — A professor at Columbia University's Teachers College who was fired over plagiarism allegations is suing the graduate school for $200 million. Madonna Constantine filed a lawsuit in Manhattan Supreme Court on Tuesday calling her 2008 firing an "academic lynching." Constantine was a clinical psychology professor at Teachers College, which is affiliated with Columbia University.

February 25th, 2009 RANCHI - Teachers of madrassas and Sanskrit schools in Jharkhand Tuesday held protests here demanding that the Sixth Pay Commission report, recommending pay hikes for government employees, be implemented for them too. Hundreds of these teachers under the banner of the Madrassa-Sanskrit Teachers Coordination Committee (MSTCC) took part in the demonstration in front of the Governor's HOuse.