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Standards and working conditions 15 April 2009 Zimbabwe: Teachers will not return in May if salaries are not paid
Teachers will not return to school when it reopens in May should they not receive their salaries, according to the teacher unions there.
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Trade union rights are human rights 9 April 2009 EI: The G20 Summit was just the beginning
The G20 Summit in London last week was not a catastrophe. That, in itself, was an achievement of sorts. That the leaders of the G8 countries joined with the emerging economies, together representing 90% of the global economy and the world’s population, to produce a detailed communiqué recognizing the gravity...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 8 April 2009 Two weeks to go for Global Action Week!
The 7th edition of the Global Campaign for Education's (GCE) world-wide action is fast approaching. From 20-26 Apr, many exciting advocacy and awareness-raising activities will be carried out by teacher unions around the world to advocate for the two most neglected of the six objectives on Education for All: Youth...
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Trade union rights are human rights 6 April 2009 Iraq: EI seeks clarification on alleged harassment of teacher union by government
No government should interfere in the internal democratic affairs of any teacher union, says EI in a letter addressed to the minister of civil society Dr Al-Zubaidi on 30 March.
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Trade union rights are human rights 3 April 2009 G20 must back promises with action
The G20 Summit in London produced a better than expected result. Leaders recognized that the gravity of the financial crisis demanded a common commitment to re-start the world economy. They pledged “to do whatever is necessary to... restore confidence, growth and jobs.”
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Trade union rights are human rights 3 April 2009 Two more teachers murdered in Colombia
Ramiro Cuadros Roballo and Walter Escobar Marín, both members of SUTEV, a teacher union affiliated to FECODE, and two other trade-unionists were assassinated last month, as the violence against trade union activists continues to mount.
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Union renewal and development 1 April 2009 Cape Town for EI Congress 2011
The EI Executive Board has confirmed its choice of Cape Town, South Africa, as the venue for the 2011 World Congress. The Congress will take place from 19-26 July 2011 in the Cape Town International Conference Centre (CTICC) which is near the waterfront and surrounded by many hotels. The large...
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Union renewal and development 31 March 2009 Getting the World to Work: Global Union Strategies for Recovery
As millions of people around the world suffer the impact of the economic crisis, the global trade union movement is developing a bold strategy for recovery, a strategy based on social justice, decent jobs and international solidarity instead of unfairness, exploitation and greed.
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Trade union rights are human rights 31 March 2009 NANTU organise Edu-Sector Health Day in Namibia
The Namibian National Teacher Union (NANTU) teamed up with the Namibian Ministry of Education to host Edu-Sector Health Day in the Caprivi region.
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Trade union rights are human rights 31 March 2009 Counting the Cost: Education in Latin America
As the academic year begins across much of Latin America, teacher unions continue their campaigns to overcome challenges to quality education. In Argentina, Colombia and Brazil, unions tackle a range of issues from educational funding to teacher rights.
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Trade union rights are human rights 31 March 2009 Swazi Union Speaks Out Against Stigma
The Swaziland National Association of Teachers (SNAT) knows firsthand the challenges of talking HIV/AIDS in a country believed to have the highest incidence of AIDS worldwide.
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Trade union rights are human rights 31 March 2009 HIV/AIDS Workplace Policy Drawn up by Dominica Union
The Dominica Association of Teachers launched their Policy on HIV/AIDS for the Teaching Profession in January 2009. The Workplace Policy developed from a process of consultation between the union executive, teachers and People Living with HIV and AIDS.
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Trade union rights are human rights 31 March 2009 Ghana: Research leads to new Policy Initiatives
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) and the Teachers & Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) have developed both a ‘HIV/AIDS Workplace Policy’ and ‘Policy Recommendations for Achieving Education For All’.
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Trade union rights are human rights 31 March 2009 Teacher Unions Essential Partner in HIV Education
UNESCO’s recent publication ‘Heroes and villains’ assesses the interaction between the education sector and the AIDS crisis, and highlights the important contribution of teacher unions and the valuable work of the EI EFAIDS Programme in guiding union strategies on AIDS related issues.
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Trade union rights are human rights 31 March 2009 Interview with General Secretary of UNATU
Teopista Birungi Mayanja, Secretary General of the Uganda National Teachers Union speaks about progress on achieving quality education and responding to HIV and AIDS under the EFAIDS Programme.
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Union renewal and development 30 March 2009 Teachers join in call for G20 to put people first
Teachers and trade unionists were well-represented among the 35,000 demonstrators who marched through the streets of London on 28 March to demand that leaders of the G20 make the needs of working people and the poor top priority when they meet this week to draft a global economic recovery plan.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 30 March 2009 EI Task Force to take the lead in promoting Early Childhood Education
At its recent meeting the EI Executive Board adopted a report on the first EI Task Force on Early Childhood Education (ECE) meeting held in Malta. The report was presented by the chairperson of the Task Force, Haldis Holst of UEN/Norway.
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Leading the profession 27 March 2009 EI case for education to the OECD Council
Investment in people must be a key factor in stimulus plans to recover from the financial and economic crisis. This was one of the messages from EI and the Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) to the Council of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), comprising ambassadors from the...
EI case for education to the OECD Council