Greece: Emergency action to thwart teachers’ strike unnecessary

Headline Title:  Greece: Emergency action to thwart teachers’ strike unnecessary 15 May 2013 The use of special government measures to thwart a proposed teachers’ strike in Greece violates the country’s international human rights obligations, Amnesty International said. The national Union of High School Teachers (OLME) has proposed taking industrial action for six days during university entrance exams, which begin on Friday 17 May and come at the end of the academic year. The strike action – reportedly endorsed by the local teacher’s unions – is in protest at a decision in late April…

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