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Union growth 22 September 2014 South Korea: Court decision restores KTU as a legal trade union
On 19 September, the Seoul High Court restored the legal status of the Korean Teachers and Education Workers’ Union (KTU) as a legal trade union.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 21 September 2014 Campaign events reach Latin America
Just in time for the beginning of spring in the Southern hemisphere, the campaign tour has reached the west side of the Atlantic Ocean. After a regional women's conference in Brazil, it's time for Buenos Aires.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 September 2014 Teachers’ unions join forces as Unite Campaign celebrates in South Africa
Sleeping late wasn’t an option Saturday morning as the streets of Pretoria sprang to life with hundreds of teachers, students, and unionists rising early to celebrate quality education under the sun.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 September 2014 Educators on the march for Quality Education in New Delhi
12,000 educators from all over India and international guests from the Asia-Pacific region braved the heat in New Delhi, India, this Friday, to march for Quality Education. The rally was one of the worldwide culmination events of Education International's Unite for Quality Education campaign.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 18 September 2014 India: Passionate debates about Quality Education
At a press conference in New Delhi, India, today, leaders of EI affiliates from Asia-Pacific, joined by EI President Susan Hopgood and Indian singer-songwriter Shankar Sahney, debated what Quality Education meant for the region.
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Union renewal and development 18 September 2014 Sudden death of a deeply committed and well-respected education unionist
It is with great sadness that her colleagues and friends within Education International (EI), its French affiliate UNSA-Education and around the world, especially in francophone countries, have learnt of the unexpected death of our colleague, Agnes Breda, at her home in Paris on 16 September.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 18 September 2014 Haiti: Education unions rally for quality education
On 19 September, education unions in Haiti participated in a national teachers’ rally for quality education. This is a move in support of Education International’s (EI) global campaign for quality education.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 18 September 2014 Philippines: Educators back Unite campaign
Di kami titigil! – We will never stop until we achieve quality education for all in the Philippines! This is the rallying slogan used by the National Alliance of Teachers and Office Workers (SMP-NATOW) to galvanise teachers, students and communities who took action on 7 September.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 18 September 2014 Unite Campaign’s global tour to focus efforts on TTIP during European stop
Hundreds of European education unionists and students are set to celebrate the end of the Unite for Quality Education Campaign and rally against the trade agreement being negotiated between the European Union and the USA.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 September 2014 Pakistan: culmination events in full swing
Affiliates in Pakistan are promoting quality education throughout the country, and have joined the campaign’s culmination events by blending its slogans with Pakistan’s traditional culture and teachers’ daily lives.
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Trade union rights are human rights 17 September 2014 Ebola’s ongoing impact on African teachers
Ebola continues to hit the education sector in Africa, according to two of EI’s affiliates in the region, the National Teachers’ Association of Liberia (NTAL) and the Sierra Leone Teachers’ Union (SLTU).
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Trade union rights are human rights 16 September 2014 Taiwan: Teachers’ union stands up for students’ health
A national teachers’ union in Taiwan has called for the boycott of a major food manufacturer in a bid, it says, to protect Taiwanese people’s health, especially that of students.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 15 September 2014 Quality education threatened by new European Commission structure
Education and training policy has been seriously undermined in the new European Commission, according to the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE), Education International’s (EI) European region.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 September 2014 Unite Campaign global tour set to begin down under
Hundreds of educators, students and unionists are expected to fill the shore line of Sydney Harbour tomorrow as quality education is celebrated to mark the beginning of the end of the Unite Campaign.
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Trade union rights are human rights 12 September 2014 EI calls for release of jailed Bahraini Teacher
Falsely convicted as a political prisoner, Mahdi Abu Deeb, of the Bahraini Teachers association has received the support of Education International’s General Secretary in a video message that stresses his courage fighting for freedom.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 September 2014 India: Teachers to be tapped for expert advice on quality education
Looking to teachers’ experiences to address issues in education is an approach seldom used in policy circles, but unions in India are looking to buck the trend in order to achieve quality education.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 September 2014 Spain: youth trapped in NEET limbo
Fears of a lost generation are sinking in in Spain after the publication of the latest OECD report on Education shows that one out of four young people does neither work nor study.
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Equity and inclusion 10 September 2014 Malaysia: Gender equity crucial to quality education
Promoting gender equality in unions, education, and society was the central theme at a recent workshop in Malaysia hosted by the Sarawak Teachers’ Union (STU).
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