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   Trade union rights are human rights 9 February 2023

   Uruguay: Trade unions denounce espionage of teachers and students

   Fenapes, an education union affiliated to Education International, has denounced the practice of spying on union members and school pupils, as revealed by an investigative journalism report.

   Uruguay: Trade unions denounce espionage of teachers and students

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   Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 January 2023

   Uruguay: The importance of a global campaign to defend public education

   José Olivera

   Latin America is the most unequal region in the world, with one of the highest rates of wealth concentration and the associated poverty and marginalisation affecting the majority of the region’s population. It also suffers from unequal income distribution, be it direct, through active or passive income, or indirect, through...

   Uruguay: The importance of a global campaign to defend public education

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   Leading the profession 27 March 2022

   Uruguay: Unions say yes to public education

   Education International in full solidarity with its affiliates

   Against all the odds, trade union organisations and grassroots movements in Uruguay secured a referendum in the country to overturn a series of government-imposed measures set to undermine public education and encourage privatisation.

   Uruguay: Unions say yes to public education

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   Union growth 11 June 2020

   Uruguay: Public education under threat

   The new conservative government of Uruguay, that took office last March, has submitted a bill for urgent consideration (Ley de Urgente Consideración, or LUC) to Parliament that set off alarm bells amongst Uruguayan society for being deeply antidemocratic in form and substance. The urgent bill shows how the country is...

   Uruguay: Public education under threat

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   Fighting the commercialisation of education 9 June 2020

   "The Onslaught of Privatisation on Uruguayan Education", by Pablo Martinis

   Pablo Martinis

   Uruguay's recently instated centre-right government is seeking to expedite parliamentary consideration of a series of pro-market reforms. The public, democratising legacy of Uruguayan education is under threat. The following information describes proposed reforms and proposes an approach to addressing these developments.

   "The Onslaught of Privatisation on Uruguayan Education", by Pablo Martinis

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   Trade union rights are human rights 27 March 2020

   Uruguay: Secondary school teachers stand in solidarity with students

   Given the current health emergency caused by the Covid-19 virus and the subsequent closure of educational institutions, various branches of the Federación Nacional de Profesores de Enseñanza Secundaria de Uruguay (FeNaPES) are engaged in solidarity initiatives.

   Uruguay: Secondary school teachers stand in solidarity with students