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WNU #938: "Truce" in Puerto Rican Teachers Strike, NAFTA Under Fire
The union and the Education Department continued to disagree on the effectiveness of the 10-day job action. The department insisted that by the strike's conclusion 82% of the teachers were back in the classrooms and student attendance had reached 68%. But FMPR president Feliciano said 50% of the schools had remained paralyzed by the strike.
Weekly News Update on the Americas
Issue #938, March 9, 2008
1. Puerto Rico: "Truce" in Teachers Strike
2. Mexico: NAFTA Under Fire on All Sides
3. Colombia: Bush, Uribe Push FTA
*1. Puerto Rico: "Truce" in Teachers Strike
At a massive assembly in the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan on Mar. 5, some 10,000 members of the Teachers' Federation of Puerto Rico (FMPR) almost unanimously backed the union leadership's recommendation to suspend a strike that started on Feb. 21 over wages, classroom size and health issues [see Updates #932, 936, 937]. FMPR president Rafael Feliciano recommended that the union start a process of reflection and analysis on the strengths and weaknesses of the strike, although without acceding to Law 45's ban on strikes by public employees. The assembly also strongly rejected the reported interference of the US-based Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and its vice president, Dennis Rivera, in the situation. [...]
Read the full Update:
http://weeklynewsupdate.blogspot.com/2008/03/wnu-938-truce-in-puerto-rican-teachers.html
Issue #938, March 9, 2008
1. Puerto Rico: "Truce" in Teachers Strike
2. Mexico: NAFTA Under Fire on All Sides
3. Colombia: Bush, Uribe Push FTA
*1. Puerto Rico: "Truce" in Teachers Strike
At a massive assembly in the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan on Mar. 5, some 10,000 members of the Teachers' Federation of Puerto Rico (FMPR) almost unanimously backed the union leadership's recommendation to suspend a strike that started on Feb. 21 over wages, classroom size and health issues [see Updates #932, 936, 937]. FMPR president Rafael Feliciano recommended that the union start a process of reflection and analysis on the strengths and weaknesses of the strike, although without acceding to Law 45's ban on strikes by public employees. The assembly also strongly rejected the reported interference of the US-based Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and its vice president, Dennis Rivera, in the situation. [...]
Read the full Update:
http://weeklynewsupdate.blogspot.com/2008/03/wnu-938-truce-in-puerto-rican-teachers.html
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