Guatemala Teachers Talk
and Walk
Guatemala's National
Teaching Assembly (ANM)
agreed on Thursday to
dialogue with education
authorities, but
maintains its call for a
protest march January
31.
Union leader Joviel
Acevedo confirmed that
they will discuss the
remaining points of the
Collective Work Contract
with Education Minister
Ana de Molina on
February 1.
The announcement rules
out the immediate
possibility of a
teachers' strike, which
would affect nearly two
million students in
public schools.
However, one day before
the meeting with the
minister, ANM plans to
gather several thousand
educators in the
capital, to march along
Reforma Avenue to the
Education Ministry.
Meanwhile, Vice
President Rafael Espada
called on teachers to
moderate their attitude,
and reiterated that the
government is willing to
fulfill all campaign
pledges. |
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