National Federation of Workers in Education of Peru
 | This article needs additional or more specific categories. (April 2023) |
| Federación Nacional de Trabajadores en la Educación del Perú (FENATEP) | |
| Formation | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Type | Teachers labor union |
Region served | Peru |
Key people | Pedro Castillo |
The National Federation of Workers in Education of Peru (Spanish: Federación Nacional de Trabajadores en la Educación del Perú - FENATEP) is a labor union for teachers in Peru.
History
[edit]FENATEP was founded by Pedro Castillo, Segundo Vásquez González and Brangil Juan Mateo Blas in 2017.[1][2] Castillo became a teachers' union leader during the 2017 Peru teachers' strike, which sought to increase salaries, pay off local government debt, repeal the Law of the Public Teacher Career and increase the education budget.[3] At the time, the Peruvian government sought to replace a system of career teachers with temporary unskilled educators.[4] In an interview with the Associated Press, Castillo said that his motivation for entering politics was seeing his students arrive to school hungry without any benefits while, at the same time, Peru experienced economic growth from mineral wealth.[5]
The media in Peru attempted to link Pedro Castillo to the Shining Path through his participation with FENATEP during his tenure as President of Peru,[6] though The Guardian described links to Shining Path as "incorrect", and the Associated Press said that allegations by Peruvian media of links to Shining Path were "unsupported".[7][8]
During the Peruvian protests following the 2022 Peruvian political crisis, FENATEP allied with rondas campesinas of the Sole National Central of Peasant Rounds of Peru to demonstrate against the government of Dina Boluarte.[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Villacorta, Carlos. "Pedro Castillo se reunió con miembros de Fenatep antes de buscar controlar la Derrama Magisterial". La República (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-04-21.
- ^ Candia, Miguel Ángel. "Fenatep y Sutep: disputa por la Derrama Magisterial que podría generar un nuevo conflicto al Gobierno". La República (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-04-21.
- ^ La República, Redacción (3 July 2017). "Cusco: Sute anuncia medidas extremas si gobierno no atiende sus reclamos". larepublica.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ Migus, Romain (1 September 2021). "Can Pedro Castillo unite Peru?". Le Monde diplomatique. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ "Miseria rural impulsa candidatura de maestro en Perú". Associated Press. 18 April 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ Moncada, Andrea (14 September 2021). "An Unlikely Gift to Peru's President". Americas Quarterly. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
- ^ Collyns, Dan (5 May 2021). "Son of the soil Pedro Castillo promises a presidency for Peru". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ "Students' struggles pushed Peru teacher to run for president". Associated Press. 18 April 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ Fuentes, Johnatan (2022-12-21). "Perú: El pueblo contra Boluarte y el Congreso golpista". Jacobin (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-04-21.
 | This article about an organisation in Peru is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
  | This article related to a South American trade union is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |