AFP, mercredi 19 avril 2006 TUNIS – Une grande majorit\u00e9 des enseignants tunisiens du secondaire ont fait gr\u00e8ve mercredi pour r\u00e9clamer l’am\u00e9lioration de leurs conditions mat\u00e9rielles et professionnelles et pour la d\u00e9fense des libert\u00e9s syndicales, a-t-on appris de source syndicale. A l’appel du Syndicat g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l’enseignement secondaire, les professeurs ont observ\u00e9 une gr\u00e8ve l\u00e9gale pour r\u00e9clamer des hausses d’indemnit\u00e9s, la possibilit\u00e9 de prendre sa retraite \u00e0 55 ans, la r\u00e9vision des modes de recrutement et un nouveau statut. Ils revendiquent aussi \u00ab\u00a0le respect du droit syndical\u00a0\u00bb et la fin des \u00ab\u00a0restrictions administratives et atteintes aux libert\u00e9s syndicales\u00a0\u00bb. La gr\u00e8ve a \u00e9t\u00e9 suivie dans les lyc\u00e9es et \u00e9tablissements secondaires \u00e0 plus de 80% en moyenne des effectifs estim\u00e9s \u00e0 60.000 enseignants, a indiqu\u00e9 \u00e0 l’AFP Frej Chebbah, dirigeant du syndicat. \u00ab\u00a0Nous avons enregistr\u00e9 des taux de 100% dans certains lyc\u00e9es de Tunis, plus de 90% en moyenne dans le Sud (Tataouine, Kasserine, Gafsa), le taux minimum \u00e9tant de 70%\u00a0\u00bb, a-t-il ajout\u00e9. Des gr\u00e9vistes se sont rassembl\u00e9s \u00e0 Tunis devant l’Union g\u00e9n\u00e9rale tunisiennne du travail, affirmant avoir l’appui d’une centaine de syndicats et d’associations dont la Ligue de d\u00e9fense des droits de l’Homme. Aucune indication n’a \u00e9t\u00e9 fournie de source gouvernementale sur cette gr\u00e8ve qualifi\u00e9e avant son d\u00e9clenchement d'\u00a0\u00bbescalade\u00a0\u00bb par le minist\u00e8re de l’Education. Le minist\u00e8re avait indiqu\u00e9 que des primes de 40 et 30 dinars (24 et 18 euros) venaient d’\u00eatre accord\u00e9es \u00e0 certains enseignants, \u00ab\u00a0malgr\u00e9 la pression que constitue la hausse excessive des prix du p\u00e9trole sur le budget de l’Etat\u00a0\u00bb. Il avait assur\u00e9 que \u00ab\u00a0le droit syndical est garanti par la constitution\u00a0\u00bb et que \u00ab\u00a0le dialogue avec le Syndicat g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l’enseignement secondaire n’a \u00e9t\u00e9 jamais rompu\u00a0\u00bb. Ce syndicat a menac\u00e9 d’appeler de nouveau \u00e0 la gr\u00e8ve en cas de non satisfaction des revendications, certains enseignants proposant d’arr\u00eater de travailler le 11 mai, jour de gr\u00e8ve des instituteurs.<\/div>\n
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Reuters, le 19 avril 2006 \u00e0 1<\/span>8<\/span>h<\/span>07<\/span><\/p>\n TUNIS, April 19 (Reuters) – About four fifths of Tunisia’s <\/span> schoolteachers walked out of their classrooms on Wednesday <\/span>to demand a lower retirement age and higher financial rewards, <\/span>their union said.<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00ab\u00a0It’s a great success …\u00a0 about 80 percent of the country’s <\/span> secondary school teachers staged the strike,\u00a0\u00bb said union member <\/span>Tarek Mahdhaoui.<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
The North African country’s 60,000 schoolteachers have asked <\/span>for the option to retire at 55 instead of 60, for bigger <\/span> financial incentives and the right to hold regular school <\/span>assemblies without restrictions.<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00ab\u00a0Teachers are angry as their demands are not realised yet <\/span>and they are keen to have all their work rights,\u00a0\u00bb teachers union <\/span> General Secretary Chedli Gari said.<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
The government says retirement is an issue affecting all <\/span>public sector employees and it cannot make an exception for <\/span>teachers. It says the country’s constitution guarantees the <\/span>right to hold school assemblies.<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
The strike risks tarnishing the image of <\/span> Tunisia<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>‘s education <\/span>system, proclaimed as one of the best in <\/span> Africa<\/span><\/st1:place>. According to <\/span>official data, the country’s schooling rate stands at 90 <\/span>percent.<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
Last year, university professors refused to correct exams in <\/span> protest at low wages.<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\n Official Pentagon list of detainees held at <\/span> Guantanamo<\/span><\/st1:placename> <\/span> Bay<\/span><\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place> detention center<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/h2>\n<\/h5>\n By The Associated Press<\/font><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n Associated Press, le 20.04.2006 \u00e0 00h22<\/span><\/p>\n A list of many of the detainees who have been held at the <\/span> Guantanamo<\/span><\/st1:placename> <\/span> Bay<\/span><\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place><\/font> detention center in eastern <\/span> Cuba<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>