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Union renewal and development 22 February 2008 Sri Lanka: EI and Oxfam Novib open doors to learning
Teachers, parents and more than a thousand children from a small fishing town in southern Sri Lanka celebrated the opening of their new public school on 20 February.
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Trade union rights are human rights 22 February 2008 Zimbabwe: EI condemns police beatings of teacher unionists
Nine members of the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) were abducted on 19 February for distributing leaflets about the country's education crisis.
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Union renewal and development 21 February 2008 Leadership course organised for principals in new schools in Aceh
As part of the post-tsunami reconstruction and rehabilitation work undertaken by EI in cooperation with NOVIB (OXFAM Netherlands), a leadership course for principals was held in late 2007 in Aceh, Indonesia.
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Union growth 19 February 2008 Philippines: demonstration against privatization of education ends with police brutality
A peaceful demonstration organized by teachers and students defending quality public education in the Philippines was violently dispersed by law enforcement officers last January 31. As a result of police brutality, 23 demonstrators were injured. Other 6 demonstrators were arbitrarily arrested.
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Standards and working conditions 15 February 2008 EI joins the Commonwealth Secretariat in hosting the 3rd Teacher Research symposium in Maputo
EI is joining the Commonwealth Secretariat in hosting the Third Commonwealth Teacher Research symposium which will be held in Maputo, Mozambique, from 19-21 Feb 2008.
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Union renewal and development 15 February 2008 Masters Programmes for Trade Unionists now Open for Application
As part of the Global Union Research Network, EI strongly supports the international masters programmes on labour studies. They offer an excellent opportunity for EI member organisations to strengthen their capacities to face the challenges of globalisation.
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Equity and inclusion 13 February 2008 EI and Australian teachers welcome official apology to Aborigines
EI and Australian teachers are wholeheartedly applauding the new federal government’s formal apology to indigenous Aboriginal people for past injustices and human rights violations.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 13 February 2008 U.S. Faces Penalty in GATS Gambling Dispute
A WTO panel has given Antigua and Barbuda the right to impose $21 million in annual trade sanctions against the United States for its restrictions on cross-border Internet gambling.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 13 February 2008 USTR attacks NGOs for criticizing WTO
The U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab has lashed out against non-governmental organizations for their criticisms of WTO trade talks.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 13 February 2008 GATS Update: Differences emerge over draft services text
Talks aimed at liberalizing the international trade in services under the WTO’s GATS agreement are moving at a slow but steady pace even as deep divisions remain on key issues, according to officials in Geneva.
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News 8 February 2008 Kenyan teachers respond to crisis
Leaders and members of Kenya's education unions are struggling to respond to the post-election violence and unrest that have convulsed their country since late December. Francis M. Ng'ang'a, Secretary General of the Kenya National Union of Teachers, said that the union is working on an emergency programme to bring affected...
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Trade union rights are human rights 7 February 2008 Ethiopia: EI deplores judicial dissolution of the ETA
Gemoraw Kassa, General Secretary of the Ethiopian Teachers’ Association and about 30 other members of ETA, on Thursday, February 7th heard the shocking news that their appeal to the Supreme High Court was denied. The court upheld an earlier decision which ordered the ETA to hand over property, other assets,...
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Union renewal and development 6 February 2008 In memoriam: Willard McGuire
Distinguished educator and teacher trade unionist Willard McGuire passed away on 2 February at his home in Minnesota. He was 79. McGuire served as president of the National Education Association, the largest education union in the United States, from 1979 to 1983. A devoted children's advocate, he used the power...
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Union growth 5 February 2008 Ethiopia: High Level Delegation to provide support to EI affiliate
A four person EI delegation is currently in Ethiopia to enter into a dialogue with the Ethiopian authorities to press the case for the respect of trade union and human rights. The delegation is composed of the General Secretaries of the British and Ugandan teachers unions, respectively Steve SINNOTT and...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 1 February 2008 Global Campaign for Education Congress concerned at lack of progress on Education For All
The Global Campaign for Education’s Congress was held in Sao Paulo, Brazil from 22-24 January, and attended by 300 participants. The opening ceremony was addressed by Luiz Dulci, Brazil's Minister for General Secretary of the Presidency, by Vernor Muñoz, the UN Special Rapporteur on Education Rights, and by a representative...
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News 28 January 2008 Teacher unionists observe International Holocaust Remembrance Day at Auschwitz
In an emotional gesture of solidarity and reconciliation, the leaders of teacher unions from Poland, Israel and Germany have visited Auschwitz together to pay their respects to the victims of the Holocaust.
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Union renewal and development 28 January 2008 South African teachers mourn loss
The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (SADTU) is grieving the sudden death of Don Pasquallie, the union's Deputy General Secretary. Pasquallie died in a car accident in Napier, in the Western Cape, early in the morning of 27 January. Four other passengers in the same car died with him, including...
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Union renewal and development 26 January 2008 EI’s 15th Anniversary
For 15 years now, teachers around the world have been united in solidarity under Education International’s flag. On 26 January 1993, approximately 1,000 delegates from theWorld Confederation of Organisations of the Teaching Profession(WCOTP) and theInternational Federation of Free Teachers Unions(IFFTU) gathered in Stockholm, Sweden, to merge these two rival teacher...
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