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Polish Teachers' Union ( pl, Związek Nauczycielstwa Polskiego, ZNP, also translated as ''Union of Polish Teachers'', ''Polish Teachers' Association'', ''Association of Polish Teachers'') is the largest Polish trade union for teachers and educators and their largest professional association.
WIEM Encyklopedia The Polish Teachers' Union has been created in 1930 from the merger of the Union of Polish Teachers of Elementary Schools and the Trade Union of Teachers of Polish High Schools, both dating to 1919. In the 1930s, ZNP, numbering over 50,000 members before World War II, and being the largest Polish association and trade union for educators, became increasingly influenced by socialists, which caused it to be eventually suspended by the conservative and right-leaning Polish government. In response, the socialist wing of ZNP organized the large Polish teachers strike (1937), which succeeded in having the government back down and reinstate the organization. ZNP at that time maintained also auxiliary institutions, such as the Pedegogical Institute, and run summer vocational courses. During the war, ZNP continued to exist as part of the underground education in Poland during World War II, in the form of the Secret Teaching Organization.Tajna Organizacja Nauczycielska
WIEM Encyklopedia The Organization was created towards the end of October 1939 in Warsaw response to German closure of most Polish educational institutions and repressions against teachers.Josef Krauski, ''Education as Resistance: The Polish Experience of Schooling During the War'', in Roy Lowe, ''Education and the Second World War : studies in schooling and social change'', Falmer Press, 1992,
M1 Google Print, p.128-138Ewa Bukowska
'' Secret Teaching in Poland in the Years 1939 to 1945''
London Branch of the Polish Home Army Ex-Servicemen Association After the war, ZNP was reinstated by Rząd Tymczasowy Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, the new Polish communist government, but had relatively little real influence. It was briefly suspended during the martial law in 1981. In 1984 it joined the All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions. Like most other Polish trade unions, ZNP became independent after the fall of communism in 1989. The Union leaders decided to keep it aligned to the Polish left ( Social Democracy of Poland), which caused a split, as some of the members left for the
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(in English) {{Authority control Education trade unions Trade unions established in 1930
Polish Teachers' Union ( pl, Związek Nauczycielstwa Polskiego, ZNP, also translated as ''Union of Polish Teachers'', ''Polish Teachers' Association'', ''Association of Polish Teachers'') is the largest Polish trade union for teachers and educators and their largest professional association.
History
First Polish teachers trade unions date to 1905, the year that marks the period of unrest known as theRevolution in the Kingdom of Poland (1905–1907)
A major part of the Russian Revolution of 1905 took place in the Russian Partition of Poland and lasted until 1907 (see Congress Poland and Privislinsky Krai). It was the largest wave of strikes and widest emancipatory movement that Poland had e ...
.wiązek Nauczycielstwa PolskiegoWIEM Encyklopedia The Polish Teachers' Union has been created in 1930 from the merger of the Union of Polish Teachers of Elementary Schools and the Trade Union of Teachers of Polish High Schools, both dating to 1919. In the 1930s, ZNP, numbering over 50,000 members before World War II, and being the largest Polish association and trade union for educators, became increasingly influenced by socialists, which caused it to be eventually suspended by the conservative and right-leaning Polish government. In response, the socialist wing of ZNP organized the large Polish teachers strike (1937), which succeeded in having the government back down and reinstate the organization. ZNP at that time maintained also auxiliary institutions, such as the Pedegogical Institute, and run summer vocational courses. During the war, ZNP continued to exist as part of the underground education in Poland during World War II, in the form of the Secret Teaching Organization.Tajna Organizacja Nauczycielska
WIEM Encyklopedia The Organization was created towards the end of October 1939 in Warsaw response to German closure of most Polish educational institutions and repressions against teachers.Josef Krauski, ''Education as Resistance: The Polish Experience of Schooling During the War'', in Roy Lowe, ''Education and the Second World War : studies in schooling and social change'', Falmer Press, 1992,
M1 Google Print, p.128-138Ewa Bukowska
'' Secret Teaching in Poland in the Years 1939 to 1945''
London Branch of the Polish Home Army Ex-Servicemen Association After the war, ZNP was reinstated by Rząd Tymczasowy Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, the new Polish communist government, but had relatively little real influence. It was briefly suspended during the martial law in 1981. In 1984 it joined the All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions. Like most other Polish trade unions, ZNP became independent after the fall of communism in 1989. The Union leaders decided to keep it aligned to the Polish left ( Social Democracy of Poland), which caused a split, as some of the members left for the
Solidarity
''Solidarity'' is an awareness of shared interests, objectives, standards, and sympathies creating a psychological sense of unity of groups or classes. It is based on class collaboration.''Merriam Webster'', http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictio ...
-aligned trade unions. Nonetheless, it remained and is currently the largest Polish trade union for teachers and educators.
Structure
The Union is governed by the National Meeting of the Delegates which convenes every four years. On day-to-day basis, the Main Office takes care of the routine organizational activities.References
External links
Official homepage
(in English) {{Authority control Education trade unions Trade unions established in 1930