Ethiopian Teachers' Association

Ethiopian Teachers' Association

Infobox Union
name= ETA
country= Ethiopia
affiliation= EI
members= 95,000
full_name= Ethiopian Teachers' Association
native_name=


founded= 1949
current=
head=
dissolved_date=
dissolved_state=
merged_into=
office= Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
people= Taye Woldesemayat, president
website=
footnotes=

The Ethiopian Teachers' Association (ETA) is a trade union centre for Ethiopia. It is affiliated with Education International.

The ICFTU reports on going difficulties and harassment of trade union members by government security forces, and specifically notes the ETA. Dr. Taye Woldesemayat, president of the ETA, was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment in 1996, but was released from prison in May 2002 after 6 years. [ [http://www.icftu.org/displaydocument.asp?Index=991219426&Language=EN ICFTU] - Ethiopia: Annual Survey of Violations of Trade Union Rights (2004)] In 2005, security forces occupied the ETA headquarters in Addis Ababa for two weeks, taking vital documents and equipment, and detained six members. Since then, ETA members have been under persistent attack, with more than 20 teachers dismissed for allegedly supporting opposition political parties. [http://survey07.ituc-csi.org/getcountry.php?IDCountry=ETH&IDLang=EN "Annual Survey of violations of trade union rights: Ethiopia"] , International Trade Union Confederation website (accessed 14 May 2008)]

Another act of government harassment started in 1993, when the Ethiopian government created a splinter group with close ties to itself, known as the "New ETA", and began to redirect the ETA’s union dues to it. The original group fought this act in court, twice succeeding in getting the High Court to overturn the government's act in 2006, although these judgements were never enforced. However in a ruling announced 21 June 2007, the Federal High Court ruled against the original ETA, and ordered the ETA to hand over property, other assets, and its name; the Ethiopian Supreme High Court denied an appeal 7 February 2008, effectively ending the legal struggle. [ [http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=716&theme=rights&country=ethiopia "2008-02-07: Ethiopia: EI deplores judicial dissolution of the ETA"] Education International website (accessed 14 May 2008)]

See also

*Trade unions in Ethiopia

References

Further reading

*cite book
year = 2005
title = Trade Unions of the World
editor = ICTUR et al,
edition = 6th
publisher = John Harper Publishing
location = London, UK
id = ISBN 978-0-9543811-5-8

External links

* [http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/actrav/new/291002.htm ILO interview] with Taye Woldesemayat

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