Education International and its members bring over 5,700 children out of child labour and into school
International Labour Conference: Education International calls for teachers and unions to be at the center of the debate on Artificial Intelligence
Belgium: budget cuts to state education adopted in a denial of democracy
Global Rights Index: Governments failing workers, deepening crackdown on unions and labour rights
French-speaking unions call for investment in public education and stronger social dialogue
Education International stands in solidarity with Greenland’s teachers while defending Indigenous rights and education
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News 17 June 2026 Education International stands in solidarity with Greenland’s teachers while defending Indigenous rights and education
Educators in Greenland and their union colleagues from around the world mobilized to defend Indigenous rights and democratic self-determination.
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News 15 June 2026 Scotland: Education union leaders stress the power and vital importance of global solidarity
The transformative power and critical role of global union solidarity featured prominently at the 180th Annual General Meeting of the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) which took place on 4 to 6 June in Dundee.
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Worlds of Education 11 June 2026 Education voices | Changing hearts and minds to end child labour and keep girls in school
Ndakaziva Masinire
To mark World Day against Child Labour, we are featuring the story of Ms Ndakaziva Masinire, Deputy Head of Goromokwa Primary School in Zimbabwe. She works to end child labour in her community and ensure girls are not deprived of their fundamental right to education, as part of a project...
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News 11 June 2026 Education International and its members bring over 5,700 children out of child labour and into school
Education International and its members are part of a program that empowers teachers and mobilises communities against child labour. The approach which involves capacity building, union partnership, and community engagement is delivering outstanding results and effecting enduring change.
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News 10 June 2026 French-speaking unions call for investment in public education and stronger social dialogue
The Francophone Trade Union Committee for Education and Training (CSFEF) is stepping up its efforts in the fight against the commodification of education, calling for public investment and fact-based social dialogue that is central to decision-making.
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News 5 June 2026 Belgium: budget cuts to state education adopted in a denial of democracy
Despite strong public opposition and strike action in schools across the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (FWB) called by a united front of education unions, the FWB Parliament, meeting in a plenary session, voted in the early hours of 5 June to approve the government’s planned cuts in education spending.
Belgium: budget cuts to state education adopted in a denial of democracy