(Participant-36, teacher, public sector, Islamist) Likewise, Participant-35 stated that before AKP rule, Islamists were under heavy pressure in public sector organizations.
(Participant-36, teacher, public sector, Islamist) Ten years ago, there was bullying of the secularists on us.
Each morning that I arrive just a few minutes late, she uses nasty language and yells at me. (Participant-17, senior teacher, private sector, secularist) I think they [management] see me as a granny who has to be sacked.
Each morning that I arrive just a few minutes late, she uses nasty language and yells at me. (Participant-17, senior teacher, private sector, secularist) This instrumental form of bullying was reported both by employees directly targeted by it and by those who observed it affecting their colleagues (see e.g. Participant-28 in Table 2).
The pension funds of millions of people across the world, including teachers, public sector workers, health staff and academics in the UK and US, are heavily exposed to the plummeting coal sector, a Guardian analysis has revealed.
The second highest stake among pension funds in the top 50 coal companies is owned by Dutch pensions giant APG, which provides pension for one in five families in the Netherlands, including teachers, public sector workers and medical staff.
An interesting finding is the differential level of stress between public and private sector teachers, with teachers in the public sector having a lower level of stress despite the highly deplorable structural and functional factors that are potential sources of stress for these teachers, which may be suggestive of cognitive dissonance (Festinger 1957) among them.
In May alone, elementary school teachers, health-sector workers, employees in the ministries of Transportation and the Interior, toll worker unions, and a number of other groups declared strikes.
In six weeks, more than 80,000 soldiers, civil servants, teachers, and private sector employees have been arrested, sacked or suspended.
Apart from salaries for teachers, the education sector absorbs a meagre 3% of Liberia's existing national budget, with huge spending cuts often made at the legislature.
