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Teachers in Uruguay’s National Secondary Education Professors Federation (FeNaPES) struck for one day on November 18. FeNaPES called the action to express opposition to cuts in education and support for guaranteed hours for teachers.
The protesting teachers also gathered signatures in support of 14 teachers at Lyceum 1 in Santa Fé who were fired last February by the General Education Board because they had been photographed on campus with banners in opposition to a right-wing law-and-order reform plebiscite on the ballot during the 2019 elections. The teachers were accused of “proselytizing” and were sacked.
The proposed constitutional amendment, known as “Living Without Fear,” would have established repressive measures—such as the creation of a National Guard to carry out police functions, the use of the military in the streets and night raids—in response to the nation’s rising crime rate. FeNaPES, other union federations and social organizations opposed the measure, which lost after winning only 46 percent of the vote.
FeNaPES condemned the firings as “political persecution of unions” and has taken the case to the International Labor Organization.
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