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Trade union rights are human rights 15 February 2016 Italian researcher’s death in Egypt spurs calls for inquiry
Teachers’ unions in Italy are urging Egyptian authorities to launch a full investigation into the death of Giulio Regeni, who was murdered while publishing articles on trade union rights, and who’s death remains a mystery.
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Union renewal and development 15 February 2016 EI issues apology to Korean affiliate
Education International’s General Secretary Fred van Leeuwen has apologised to the Korean Federation of Teachers’ Associations for having urged the South Korean authorities in October 2015 to reverse their decision on state-controlled history textbooks.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 15 February 2016 MULTINATIONAL’S TAX AVOIDANCE
Jim Baker
During recent years, in the context of the financial crisis, unions have been asked to accept cutbacks and austerity measures with the argument there is no money for public services. Nevertheless, the study Global Corporate Taxation and Resources for Quality Public Services, commissioned by the EI Research Institute on behalf...
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Union renewal and development 12 February 2016 Unions get ready to drive the Education agenda forward
With the Education 2030 agenda in full force, unions from Nairobi to Bangkok are sharpening their positions in order to aim high through advocacy and action to achieve the new Sustainable Development Goal.
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Equity and inclusion 12 February 2016 EI says no to derogations of the minimum wage for refugees
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff discussion paper that was presented by C. Lagarde at the World Economic Forum called for ‘temporary and limited derogations of the minimum wage for refugees’ – a proposal that has met strong rejection by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and other global union...
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Equity and inclusion 11 February 2016 Treatment of asylum seeking students raises ire of Australian principal
A Melbourne principal is prepared to risk the threat of jail by speaking out against the ongoing plight of his high school students who continue to live in an asylum seeker detention centre.
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Trade union rights are human rights 10 February 2016 Teachers in Bermuda and Mongolia score big court victories
Amid an increasingly anti-union climate around the world, two Education International affiliates, from Bermuda and Mongolia, have recently won significant court victories in defense of their rights.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 10 February 2016 Concern growing over the commercialisation of education in Ghana
Education unions are urging the Ghanaian government to make amendments to its Education Act to ward off threats of commercialisation following a commitment to review the existing regulatory regime of private schools.
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Trade union rights are human rights 9 February 2016 Refugee teachers face threat of losing basic rights
As the refugee crisis continues to take its toll on migrants’ lives, policies that would exclude them from national working conditions, such as paying less than minimum wage, may push them further into exclusion.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 9 February 2016 Kenya: latest UN report shares concerns on quality of education and increasing inequality
The low quality of education coupled with a rise in private and informal schools were among the issues flagged in the latest report published by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 9 February 2016 Kenyan unions brace against privatisation
The growing privatisation of education has led Kenyan trade unions to set up a comprehensive strategy, ranging from research to advocacy, in an effort to preserve the quality and access to education for all.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 5 February 2016 New Worlds of Education puts privatisation in the crosshairs
The 45th edition of Worlds of Education takes an in-depth look at the scourge of privatisation and commercialisation, and reveals what needs to be done to ensure the right to free quality public education.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 5 February 2016 New Worlds of Education puts privatisation in the crosshairs
The 45th edition of Worlds of Education takes an in-depth look at the scourge of privatisation and commercialisation, and reveals what needs to be done to ensure the right to free quality public education.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 February 2016 UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education visits EI
Education International was honoured this week to receive a visit to its Brussels headquarters by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education, Kishore Singh.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 5 February 2016 The European Parliament takes a stand to exclude education from TiSA
The European Parliament has demanded that public services, including education, be excluded from the Trade in Services Agreement in its recommendations to the European Commission.
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Union growth 4 February 2016 In war-torn Syria, funding for education is the only hope for out-of-school children
Five years into the Syrian conflict, 2.1 million children have lost their schools, while another 700 thousand are struggling abroad as refugees without access to education.
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Standards and working conditions 3 February 2016 Iraq: Teachers’ salary arrears must be paid immediately
Education International has strongly protested to the Iraqi Prime Minister about the ongoing delays in the payment of teachers’ salaries in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
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Standards and working conditions 1 February 2016 New professional pathways programme in Chile is education movement’s victory
After a decades-long fight, thousands of teachers will benefit from a new national professional pathways plan that includes professional development, higher wages and fewer contact hours.
New professional pathways programme in Chile is education movement’s victory