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Paraguayan teachers hold three-day strike over budget, salary demands |
More than 10,000 public school teachers struck and marched in Paraguay’s capital Asunción on September 13 on the second day of a three-day national strike that paralyzed 90 percent of the nation’s schools. The mobilization was called by the Paraguayan Educators Federation (FEP), the National Educators Union, the Paragu... |
FEP president Atilano Fleitas claimed that between 10,000 and 11,000 teachers gathered at the capital to demand the amplification of the national budget for education and a raise following the breakdown of talks with the government. The Finance Minister claims that there are no resources to meet the teachers’ demands. ... |
The protesters marched from the downtown Plaza de la Democracia to the Finance Ministry and then to the National Congress, where they held a rally. |
However, union officials later met at FEP headquarters, where they announced that they would put the strike on hold this week, giving the government until September 25 to respond to their demands. |
United States |
California warehouse workers strike, launch protest march |
Some thirty workers at a warehouse in Loma Linda, California that stores and ships goods for Wal-Mart walked off the job September 12 and began a 6-day, 50-mile march to Los Angeles. The workers are protesting low wages and working conditions that include laboring inside containers in 100-degree heat without access to ... |
The workers, who are attempting to organize under Warehouse Workers United, make as little as $8 an hour and are afflicted by worksite injuries. They are employed by a WareStaff, a temp agency, and NFI, which operates the warehouse. |
This region of Southern California, which has sprouted many sweatshop warehouses, which serve as staging areas for imports from Asia, is known as the Inland Empire. Two class action lawsuits were filed over the past year against Schneider Logistics, one of the warehousing companies, charging them with illegal schemes t... |
Workers strike California hotel over intimidation, working conditions |
Hotel workers at the non-union Embassy Suites in Irvine, California walked off the job September 12 to protest escalating tactics by the management company Hostmark. Workers report multiple disciplinary filings and threats of firings by the company over workers wearing union buttons. |
Embassy Suites brought in Hostmark after the previous company, HEI Hospitality, was cited for violating labor laws governing breaks. Full-time workers were denied compensation for loss of break periods and HEI received fines. |
The latest clash is largely motivated by the overall poor working conditions, growing help care costs for workers and low wages. |
UNITE HERE Local 11, which is seeking representation for the workers, has limited the struggle up to now to a boycott. Striking workers were dispatched to Pasadena where the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association was holding its monthly board meeting. The association is invested in an ownership fund for Em... |
Canada |
Strike builds for B.C. University workers |
Fifteen hundred support workers at the University of Victory on Vancouver Island are escalating their job action after their walkout on September 5, as two locals go out on strike this week to press for a new contract. |
The workers, who have been without a contract for two years, are represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and include food service workers, housekeepers and skilled trades. |
The University had offered no wage increase for two years in their last negotiation and 3.5 percent in the last two years of a four-year deal. |
B.C. Government workers ban overtime |
Also in the wake of their September 5 one-day walkout, government workers in British Columbia have instituted an indefinite ban on overtime work in the province in their bid to wrest a new contract from the provincial Liberals, after being without a contract since March. |
The 26,000 workers involved in the action are members of the B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union (BCGEU) who, along with other unionized government workers have had a running contract battle since the spring. |
A central issue in the dispute remains wages, with the government offering just over half of what the union is demanding for workers who have not had a pay increase in over two years. |
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Overall Niche Grade |
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1. Academics |
A+ |
2. Diversity |
A |
3. Teachers |
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4. College Prep |
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5. Clubs & Activities |
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6. Sports |
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Castilleja School is a top rated, private, all-girls school located in Palo Alto, CA. It has 434 students in grades 6-12 with a student-teacher ratio of 8 to 1. Tuition is $47,970 for the highest grade offered. After graduation, 100% of students from this school go on to attend a 4-year college. |
Address |
1310 Bryant Street |
Palo Alto, CA 94301 |
Telephone |
(650) 328-3160 |
Tuition |
Yearly Tuition |
$47,970 |
Tuition is for the highest grade offered and may have changed for the current school year. For more information, please contact the school. |
Received Financial Aid |
21% |
Average Financial Aid |
$31,200 |
Castilleja School Rankings |
Niche ranks nearly 100,000 schools and districts based on statistics and millions of opinions from students and parents. |
Academics |
Average Graduation Rate |
100% |
Average SAT |
1450 |
77 responses |
Average ACT |
33 |
44 responses |
Culture & Safety |
Poll |
100% |
of students agree that they feel safe at their school.11 responses |
Poll |
82% |
of students agree that they like their school and feel happy there.11 responses |
Poll |
What are your favorite school events or traditions? |
Based on 31 responses |
Report |
• The Tie Ceremony to start the Year |
32% |
• Father-Daughter dance |
16% |
• Rivalry |
16% |
• Global Investigator trip for all 11th graders |
10% |
• Ringing |
10% |
• Spirit Week |
10% |
• Homecoming |
3% |
Students |
Diversity |
A |
Based on racial and economic diversity and survey responses on school culture and diversity from students and parents. |
Students |
434 |
92% |
of students and parents agree that students at this school are competitive.12 responses |
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