Honduras: Union condemns intimidation of teachers (20 November 2012)
Honduras: Union condemns intimidation of teachers (20 November 2012)
The Federation of Teachers’ Organisations of Honduras (FOMH), of which there are five EI member organisations, has reported large-scale dismissals, salary cuts and temporary suspensions of teachers which have been justified by false allegations.
The union organisations and their teachers are suffering a direct attack after it held a national meeting on 30-31 August to consider its response to recent Government attacks on teachers.
The FOMH had convened the General Meeting in order to decide on its response to the Government’s violation of the general regulation on the status of teachers. Actions were considered to promote the demand for the repeal of the Fundamental Law on Education which threatens public education and the Inprema Law that strikes a blow at teachers’ employment rights.
That meeting was held within the framework of teacher union rights as protected by law. Nevertheless, the Government of President Porfirio Lobo, through a Departmental decree signed by the Minister of Education, Marlon Escoto Valerio, tried to intimidate education workers and prevent them from participating with threats of dismissals, salary cuts and temporary suspensions.
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http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/news_details/2363
