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EI has sent a protest letter to the Kenyan Head of Public Service, Francis Kimemia, urging the Government to enter into meaningful negotiations with EI national affiliates on teacher wages and allowances.

EI will celebrate the International Day of Peace on 21 September. On this occasion, it will reaffirm that human rights are at the heart of the peace.

EI’s European Region, the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE) has issued a Statement on Greece. At its meeting on 17 September, the ETUCE Bureau expressed its solidarity with Greek teacher, in relation to their announced general strike on 26 September.

EI has reacted to an article published in World Education Blog, hosted by the Education for All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report team, which declares that “improving teaching and learning is crucial, especially for the marginalised.” It reiterates that the EFA goals will not be achieved unless child labour is eradicated...

On Saturday 15 September hundreds of thousands of demonstrators from all over Spain packed into the Plaza de Colón in Madrid to demand a change to the government’s policy of spending cuts. The rally was organised by the Cumbre Social (Social Summit), an association of over 150 organisations, including the...

EI has welcomed the recent International Labour Organisation (ILO) analysis, demonstrating that some governments unilaterally reformed collective bargaining arrangements at the height of the economic crisis. The ILO stated that reversing those decisions and providing policy support for collective bargaining would be key to recovery.

The EI’s “Comité syndical francophone de l’Education et de la Formation” (CSFEF – Francophone trade union education and training committee) held its 13th meeting in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on 3 and 4 September. It discussed the theme of the forthcoming Francophone Summit to be held,...