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Trade union rights are human rights 15 July 2014 New report shows educators are targets in armed conflict
Attacks on teachers and other educators are a disturbingly common tactic of war and a serious threat to education, the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) says in a new study released on 14 July. The report, Protecting Education Personnel from Targeted Attack in Conflict-Affected Countries, describes how...
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Trade union rights are human rights 14 July 2014 Legal dispute in Georgia over ESFTUG election results ended after four years
On 11 July 2014, a judicial decision by the Appeals Court in Tbilisi has finally resolved the legal battle over the legitimacy of the election of Maia Kobakhidze, President of the Educators and Scientists Free Trade Union of Georgia (ESFTUG).
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Trade union rights are human rights 14 July 2014 Uncertain Future for Maternity Leave Directive
On 15 July 2014, the European Parliament debated the European Commission’s suggestion to withdraw the proposed maternity leave directive and to not take it up again in the next legislature. Many MEPs urged the Commission and the Council of Ministers to resume talks with Parliament.
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Standards and working conditions 14 July 2014 New EURYDICE Report: Financing Schools in Europe
The report Financing Schools in Europe: Mechanisms, Methods and Criteria in Public Funding provides a framework for understanding the structure of funding systems of primary and general secondary education.
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Trade union rights are human rights 14 July 2014 ETUCE Official EU-OSHA Campaign Partner
ETUCE has joined forces with the biggest occupational safety and health campaign worldwide, the Healthy Workplaces Manage Stress Campaign coordinated by EU OSHA in more than 30 countries. As official campaign partner, ETUCE will distribute and publicise information about the campaign and participate in benchmarking events.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 14 July 2014 Declaration of Joint Principles ETUC/AFL-CIO: TTIP Must Work for the People, or It Won’t Work at All
Ahead of EU-US trade negotiations the American and European trade unions – AFL-CIO and ETUC have issued a Declaration of Joint Principles.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 14 July 2014 10 July 2014: UK Strike action – Keep up the Pressure
On 10 July 2014 thousands of teachers stood up for education and public services in England and Wales, answering to the call to strike action made by the National Union of Teacher (NUT) alongside with Unison, FBU, PCS, GMB and Unite.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 July 2014 Amidst attacks on union rights, American educators rally to defend public education
In an emotionally charged keynote, American Federation of Teachers´ (AFT) President Randi Weingarten called on American teachers to fight forward and fight back.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 July 2014 PISA 2012: Financial literacy deficit among students
Many young people are confused by money matters, according to the 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) released by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
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Union renewal and development 11 July 2014 Latin America: Latin American Regional Committee reviews Pedagogical Movement
At a meeting last week of EI’s Latin America’s (EILA) Regional Committee, which includes representatives from 12 Latin American countries, Fred van Leeuwen, EI’s General Secretary, highlighted the progress made by the Latin American Pedagogical Movement, in particular the mass mobilisation in the region at every level, from leaders to...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 July 2014 Educators convene to reclaim the promise of public education
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) meets in Los Angeles, California, US for its biennial convention - the most important policymaking body of the federation.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 July 2014 Australia: Senate backs Gonski funding for full six-year period
The Australian Education Union has called on Prime Minister Tony abbot to follow the recommendations of a Senate inquiry and reverse his decision to abandon the final two years of Gonski funding.
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Union growth 9 July 2014 UK: Teachers to strike as government ignores demands for decent work and living conditions
Teachers across the UK are set to strike tomorrow in protest of the government’s education policies, which they argue ignore both the in-classroom and financial burdens facing today’s educators.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 July 2014 Australia: Cuts to Gonski funding detrimental to public education
The Australian government’s cuts to Gonski funding will rip AUS$2.67 billion out of public schools, equivalent to 20,000 teachers, according to new research highlighted by the Australian Education Union (AEU), one of Education International’s national affiliates.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 8 July 2014 Tajikistan: Union builds access to quality inclusive schools in remote regions
Teachers are working towards increasing access and opportunities to quality education in the country’s dense mountainous areas where children and especially girls are denied a place in the classroom.
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Equity and inclusion 7 July 2014 Locked out: Privatised education leaves girls and women behind
A new global report shows that girls and women are suffering the consequences of rising privatised education around the world, leaving them on the outside of the classroom looking in.
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Equity and inclusion 7 July 2014 Locked out: Privatised education leaves girls and women behind
A new global report shows that girls and women are suffering the consequences of rising privatised education around the world, leaving them on the outside of the classroom looking in.
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Union growth 7 July 2014 Lithuania: ETUCE strikes deal with Prime Minister
Raising their voices to be heard loud and clear, thousands of teachers demonstrated in front of government offices to put an end to five years of salary freezes in the education sector.
Lithuania: ETUCE strikes deal with Prime Minister