Weekly Report - 20 November 2014 (WR-14-46)

The government of President José Mujica was put on the back foot this week by trade unions representing secondary school teachers and magistrates. On 17 November State secondary school teachers went on a 24-hour strike to protest against aggressive verbal and physical attacks on teachers; the association of Uruguayan magistrates (AMU), meanwhile, decided in an assembly that it would stage a massive march in Montevideo on 26 November unless the government meet its salary demands.