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Union renewal and development 11 June 2010 Union of Education Workers in Azerbaijan Mark 90th Anniversary
EI General Secretary, Fred van Leeuwen, has paid tribute to the leadership of its affiliate member, the Independent Trade Union of Education Workers of the Azerbaijan Republic, which celebrated its 90th anniversary on 9 June, 2010.
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Union renewal and development 9 June 2010 ILO must ensure ‘lost generation’ gets access to quality education
‘Will we have a lost generation?’ is the solemn question that EI's Senior Consultant to the General Secretary, Bob Harris, will be asking participants at the International Labour Conference on 10 June in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Trade union rights are human rights 9 June 2010 Teacher activists review the EFAIDS Programme in Ghana
Thirty leaders and master trainers converged at the Volta GNAT Conference Centre in Ho, Ghana, on 8 June, 2010, at the launch of a three-day workshop to evaluate the EFAIDS programme in Ghana.
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Trade union rights are human rights 8 June 2010 Spain: General strike against government cuts
The emergency economic adjustment plan approved to reduce public debt has caused a national outcry. Public sector trade unions have mobilised their members and civil society to call for a general strike in opposition to the moves.
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Trade union rights are human rights 8 June 2010 Burundian teacher union investigates support to teachers living with HIV
Burundian union STEB is eager to see a visible, national campaign to respond to HIV and AIDS. Specific to the education sector, the union believes that coordinated strategies could see teachers living with HIV “make their professional expertise and personal experience” contribute to overcoming the impact on education quality. Committed...
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Trade union rights are human rights 8 June 2010 Sexual health education and soccer in St Lucia
Ensuring that school-children in St Lucia get consistent and age-appropriate information on HIV and AIDS is a key priority of the St Lucia Teachers’ Union (SLTU).
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Trade union rights are human rights 8 June 2010 Interview with Laouali Issoufou, EFAIDS Coordinator in Niger
Laouali Issoufou of SNEN, one of six unions in Niger coordinating the EFAIDS Programme talks about quality in education and breaking down HIV stigma.
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Equity and inclusion 7 June 2010 AFT hosts global webcast to end child labour
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is co-sponsoring a high level government and NGO policy dialogue at the State Department in Washington with global leaders.
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Standards and working conditions 7 June 2010 CEART Report Adopted at International Labour Conference
On 4 June 2010, the Committee on the Application of Standards of the International Labour Conference (ILC) unanimously adopted a Report by the Joint ILO/UNESCO Committee of Experts on the Application of the Recommendations concerning teaching personnel (CEART).
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Equity and inclusion 7 June 2010 EI welcomes Malawi’s President decision to free LGBT couple
Malawi’s President Binguwa Mutharika has ordered the immediate release of the two LGBT people who were imprisoned because of their sexual orientation, after allegedly holding an engagement ceremony last December.
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Standards and working conditions 4 June 2010 Teachers are at the core of the education process
Teachers have been declared the ‘better part of society’ at the 23rd session of the Council of Europe’s Standing Conference of Education Ministers which took place in Ljubljana between 4 - 5 June, 2010.
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Union renewal and development 3 June 2010 Latest edition of EI’s Worlds of Education now online
EI’s flagship magazine is full of articles from around the world of education, including a review of activities that our members organised to celebrate Global Action Week and the 1GOAL Campaign, ahead of the Football World Cup.
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Union renewal and development 2 June 2010 EI members devastated by tropical storm in Central America
EI members and emergency workers in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador are struggling to get aid to communities cut off by Tropical Storm Agatha which battered the region over the weekend.
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Union growth 1 June 2010 EI urges inquiry into Gaza aid ship attack
EI has expressed shock and dismay at reports that nine people were killed during the Israeli military’s raid on a flotilla of Gaza-bound ships carrying essential humanitarian aid.
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Union growth 1 June 2010 South Korea: Arbitrary dismissal of 183 teachers forces hunger strike
EI has learned that Jeong Jin-Hoo, president of the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union (KTU), has begun a hunger strike in protest at the dismissal of 183 teachers for allegedly ‘joining’ an opposition political party.
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Union renewal and development 28 May 2010 Notice for the 7th EI Africa Regional Conference
On behalf of the General Secretary, we wish to notify your organization of the pending EI Africa Regional Conference, scheduled from the 29th November to the 4th December 2010, in Brazzaville, the capital city of the Republic of Congo.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 May 2010 Staff and students agree higher education should centre more on students
European higher education staff and students' unions have expressed agreement that higher education should move further towards the needs of the student. This is a key finding from the survey by the European Students' Union (ESU) and the staff union Education International (EI).
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 27 May 2010 World teachers sign Millennium Development Goals letter to UN chief
On behalf of teachers around the world, Education International has joined more than 100 civil society organisations in signing an open letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on his review of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
World teachers sign Millennium Development Goals letter to UN chief