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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 November 2011 EI to implement a strategy for the development of ECE
EI is set to implement its new strategy for the development of Early Childhood Education (ECE). The Strategy Paper, adopted by the EI Executive Board early this year and endorsed by the 6th World Congress in Cape Town, South Africa, spells out concrete actions to promote holistic and quality services...
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Standards and working conditions 3 November 2011 G20 Summit: Argentinian leader supports workers
A delegation has met with Argentinian President, Cristina Kirchner, ahead of the G20 Summit, to be held in Cannes, France, from 3-4 November. It was composed of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) General Secretary, Sharan Burrow, the President of EI's Latin America Regional Committee and General Secretary of the...
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Equity and inclusion 3 November 2011 Mali: teacher unionists receive governmental promise to advance gender equity
Addressing participants to an EI Africa Region’s workshop, the Malian Minister of Education, Literacy and National Languages, Salikou Sanogo, has promised Syndicat National de l’Education et de la Culture (SNEC ) leaders he will help them promote girls’ education. Held from 24 to 26 October in the national capital city,...
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Union growth 2 November 2011 Uganda: Teachers warn government about mass action
The Uganda National Teachers’ Union (UNATU), one of EI’s national affiliates, has warned the Government the next phase of their strike will include parents and supporters, should national authorities continue harassing teacher unionists through its security agents.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2 November 2011 Philippines: education union condemns on-going political violence against teachers
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), one of EI’s affiliates in the Philippines, has denounced recent cases of teachers and union activists’ killings.
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Union renewal and development 31 October 2011 Global Unions' Statement to the G20 Summit
Leaders of the G20 will be meeting in Cannes, France, from 3-4 November 2011 to discuss measures to confront the financial and economic crisis.
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Union renewal and development 28 October 2011 Worlds of Education: Latest edition available on-line
The October issue of EI’s flagship magazine, Worlds of Education, is packed full of articles reporting on EI’s sixth World Congress which took place in Cape Town, South Africa, from 22-26 July.
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Trade union rights are human rights 27 October 2011 Poland: Government welcomes EI’s action protecting Polish minority teachers and students in Lithuania
EI’s European Region, the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE), adopted a Statement on the Situation of the Teachers from the Schools of National Minorities in Lithuania on 16 September at the Central and Eastern European (CEE) Round Table in Kiev. In response, the Undersecretary of State at the...
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Equity and inclusion 26 October 2011 Working together for Indigenous Peoples’ rights
EI’s Regional Office in Latin America in cooperation with the Union of Education in Norway have released a joint publication focused on the situation of Public Education for Indigenous peoples.
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Standards and working conditions 25 October 2011 2012 International Summit on the Teaching Profession: EI to host global education leaders
EI will join the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the United States (U.S.) Department of Education to hold the second ever International Summit on the Teaching Profession in New York City, from 14-15 March. Next year’s summit will focus on ‘Preparing teachers and developing school leaders’.
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Trade union rights are human rights 25 October 2011 Bahrain: Teacher leaders under threat of torture
EI has relaunched its Urgent Action Appeal on Bahrain. bahraini teachers fear for the safety of their leaders, after the heavy-handed arrest of their vice president Jalila al-Salman.
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Standards and working conditions 24 October 2011 Spain: Teachers protest cuts to education budgets
A mass demonstration of teachers, parents and students from all over Spain occupied the centre of Madrid on Saturday sending a warning to the authorities: Don’t slash our education budget!
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Standards and working conditions 20 October 2011 Spain: Unions march for public education
On 22 October, teaching unions have organised a march through Madrid to protest against the public education cuts being imposed by autonomous regional authorities within the country.
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Standards and working conditions 20 October 2011 Algeria: Educators demand decent work and quality education
EI’s Algerian member, UNPEF, has concluded a national strike in which it was joined by other teachers’ unions in a dispute over pay.
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Standards and working conditions 19 October 2011 Lebanon: Teachers demand minimum wage increase
The Teacher Unions’ Coordination Committee of Lebanon, which includes the EI affiliates: Teachers Syndicate in Lebanon (TSL) and League of Public Secondary School teachers in Lebanon (LPESPL), have issued a joint statement confirming a national strike and sit-in outside the Council of Ministers’ offices on 19 October to oppose the...
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Union growth 19 October 2011 Unions support the 'Occupy Wall Street' movement
EI is giving its support to the massive popular protest ‘Occupy Wall Street’ which is a movement for economic justice that is spreading across the United States and the world.
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Union growth 18 October 2011 Bahrain: Education union leader calls for international solidarity
Jalila Al-Salman, Vice-President of the EI-affiliated Bahraini Teachers’ Association (BTA), has called on the international community to support teachers’ legitimate struggle for human and trade unions rights.
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Standards and working conditions 18 October 2011 Mali: New study reveals serious teacher quality challenges
More than half of primary school teachers in Mali are without a basic teaching qualification and the competences required to deliver quality education, according to a new study commissioned by EI and Oxfam Novib.
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