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  1. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 30 October 2013

    Fiji: Teachers’ action plan to increase education quality

    EI's affiliates, the Fijian Teachers’ Association (FTA) and the Fiji Teachers Union (FTU) have started to implement an Action Plan to launch their campaign linked to the EI Unite for Quality Education campaign.

    Fiji: Teachers’ action plan to increase education quality
  2. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 30 October 2013

    Mongolia: Educators push for quality education during WTD

    The Federation of Mongolian Education and Science Unions(FMESU), EI’s national affiliate, has organised a joint meeting under the theme, “I have a message for the government”, at the Confederation of Mongolian Trade Unions’ level. The meeting was held in conjunction with the one-year EI Unite for Quality Education initiative.

    Mongolia: Educators push for quality education during WTD
  3. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 October 2013

    European educators unite for quality education

    EI's European region, the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE), held a special meeting on 23 October in Brussels. Entitled "What is needed to improve the quality of education in Europe?", it brought together trade unionists from across Europe to reflect on challenges ahead and discuss measures to improve...

    European educators unite for quality education
  4. Trade union rights are human rights 28 October 2013

    South Korea: educators demand respect for workers’ rights

    On 24 October, the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union (KTU) was officially deprived of its legal status by the South Korean Govenment. The union had been given a one-month ultimatum to revise its by-laws.

    South Korea: educators demand respect for workers’ rights
  5. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 October 2013

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  6. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 October 2013

    High-level social partners agreement with the Commission on education and training

    During the recent years, ETUCE has issued a number of positions and had several meetings with the Directorate-General of Education and Culture of the European Commission, wherein we urged the European Commission to invite the social partners to more dialogue on policy initiatives of the European Commission on education and...

    High-level social partners agreement with the Commission on education and training
  7. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 October 2013

    Spain: 83% of education employees take part in general strike

    The Spanish unions CCOO, FETE-UGT and STES-I stated that the general strike of the education employees, which took place on 24 October 2013 across Spain and was called for by the National Platform for Public School, was very successful.

    Spain: 83% of education employees take part in general strike
  8. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 October 2013

    EU Employment and Social Situation Quarterly Review – September 2013

    There are signs of fragile economic recovery, but economic growth is unlikely to be sustained unless it is inclusive and job rich, especially while labour market and social conditions remain extremely challenging and divergence between countries is growing

    EU Employment and Social Situation Quarterly Review – September 2013
  9. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 October 2013

    Lebanon: Providing education to refugee children

    “Lebanese educators are doing a splendid job of accommodating the tens of thousands Syrian refugee children who have entered their class rooms in the past two years.” EI General Secretary, Fred van Leeuwen, conveyed this message to the Education Minister of Lebanon, Mr. Hassan Diab, and the leaders of the...

    Lebanon: Providing education to refugee children
  10. Equity and inclusion 25 October 2013

    European trade unionists want equality added to quality in education

    The Standing Committee for Equality of EI’s European region, the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE), has met in Brussels, Belgium. From 21-22 October, education unionists highlighted the need for and activities organised to achieve equality in education.

    European trade unionists want equality added to quality in education
  11. Union growth 25 October 2013

    Spain: Widespread support for education strike

    Spain’s education unions witnessed a successful general education strike on 24 October – the unions involved were EI’s affiliates, CCOO, FETE-UGT and STEs.

    Spain: Widespread support for education strike
  12. Union growth 24 October 2013

    Korea: KTU deprived of legal status

    On 24 October, one of EI’s affiliates, the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union (KTU), was officially deprived of legal status by the Park Geun-hye administration. KTU had been given a one-month ultimatum to revise the provision in its by-laws allowing union membership to dismissed and retired teachers. In a...

    Korea: KTU deprived of legal status
  13. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 October 2013

    Australia: Quality education campaign launched

    The Independent Education Union of Australia (IEU), one of EI’s national affiliates, has launched its Quality Education campaign at the National Carillon in Canberra in support of the EI Unite for Quality Education initiative and World Teachers’ Day.

    Australia: Quality education campaign launched
  14. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 18 October 2013

    Corporate funding, a threat to academic independence

    Corporate funding of universities could lead to corruption in the higher education sector. That’s according to an article by EI senior advisor David Robinson in a report launched on 1 October by Transparency International. The non-government organisation’s Global Corruption Report: Education is a comprehensive guide to corruption risks in education...

    Corporate funding, a threat to academic independence
  15. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 18 October 2013

    UK: Strike action over Government refusal to negotiate

    The National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) have gone on strike as part of their continuous action to seek decent living and working conditions for teachers.

    UK: Strike action over Government refusal to negotiate
  16. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 October 2013

    Spain: Strike called to confront savage cuts

    The Plataforma Estatal por la Escuela Pública (State Platform for Public Education), an umbrella group of trade unions and civil society organisations, has called a general education strike, for every level, on 24 October. An increase in pupil-teacher ratios, in contact hours, job losses, and budget cuts in areas as...

    Spain: Strike called to confront savage cuts
  17. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 16 October 2013

    Finland: Union joins EI’s Unite4Ed campaign

    Opetusalan Ammattijärjestö(OAJ), one of EI’s national affiliates in Finland, has unveiled its plan to join in EI’s ‘Unite for Quality Education’ (Unite4ed) initiative.

    Finland: Union joins EI’s Unite4Ed campaign