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News 25 August 2006 UK: EI Affiliate gives vocal support to International Day of Peace
EI affiliate the NASUWT is supporting the United Nations International Day of Peace on 21 September by encouraging schools to sing a specially-composed song for peace.
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Trade union rights are human rights 24 August 2006 Education of girls key to AIDS prevention
It is high time to confront the vulnerability of girls to HIV and AIDS, and to support the crucial role of the education sector in combating the pandemic.
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Trade union rights are human rights 21 August 2006 EI deplores killing of Sri Lankan students
EI strongly protests against the killing of children in the recent air force bombings in Sri Lanka. Up to 61 girls were killed and about a hundred more injured in a raid on the Sencholai children’s home in the Mullaithivu district in northern Sri Lanka. The area is among those...
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Union renewal and development 8 August 2006 Timorese teachers ensure learning, teaching and union work continue despite difficult conditions
According to EI affiliate, the East Timor Teachers’ Union (ETTU), many teachers and students are still living in refugee camps after three months of violence that shook the already war-torn country.
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Trade union rights are human rights 4 August 2006 ITF holds 41st Congress in Durban
Randall Howard, General Secretary of the South African Transport and Allied Workers' Union, will be the new president of the International Transport Workers' Federation. That makes the ITF the second global union federation, after Education International, to elect a South African trade unionist as president.
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Trade union rights are human rights 28 July 2006 Ethiopian teacher leaders reunited with exiled union president
Unable to meet in their home country due to high risk to their personal safety, leaders of the Ethiopian Teachers’ Association (ETA) gathered in the Netherlands last week, thanks to support from Education International and member organizations.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 27 July 2006 New Argentine law reaffirms government's commitment to public education
EI representatives meeting with the Argentine president on 26 July welcomed a new education law that reaffirms government's responsibility to provide quality public education for all. President Nestor Kirchner and Education Minister Daniel Filmus met with an EI delegation gathered in Buenos Aires for a workshop on challenges facing education...
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Union renewal and development 26 July 2006 Urgent Action Appeal for Lebanese teachers
Innocent civilians in Lebanon, including many teachers and their families, are severely affected by the current hostilities and they are appealing for your solidarity assistance!
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News 25 July 2006 EI demands that hostilities should cease immediately
EI issued a statement on 25 July, calling for an immediate end to the violence in the Middle East which is taking the lives of innocent civilians, including many children.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 20 July 2006 Too much emphasis put on the role of the private sector in G8 Declaration
Education International welcomes the attention G8 leaders have given to education as one of the most effective tools to combat poverty and promote economic and democratic development. However, it is concerned about the emphasis put on the role of the private sector.
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Standards and working conditions 19 July 2006 Senegal: teachers demand review of pay and working conditions
"Teaching is a profession, not volunteer work. Decent pay keeps education personnel motivated and devoted to their profession." In a letter to Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade on 14 July, EI expressed its regret that the government is slow in reacting to the demands of teachers to review their pay and...
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News 19 July 2006 Teacher unions should embrace diversity
"Anti-immigrant political movements have developed across the OECD countries - from Denmark to Austria to Britain, France and Italy. So-called mainstream political parties are jockeying to recuperate the slogans of the demagogues, and in countries like Australia governments have played cyncially on anti-immigrant sentiments for electoral gain."
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Union renewal and development 17 July 2006 EI 5th World Congress: Information about Congress assistance, the Albert Shanker Education Award and the Mary Hatwood Futrell Human and Trade Union Rights Award
EI is pleased to announce that the 5th EI World Congress will take place in Berlin, Germany, from 22 to 26 July 2007. In the coming weeks, member organisations will receive information about congress participation, a nomination form for each of the two EI awards, as well as a congress...
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Union growth 14 July 2006 Papua New Guinea: Teachers on indefinite strike
As many as 37 000 teachers, who are members of EI affiliate, the "Papua New Guinea Teachers' Association" (PNGTA), remain on strike in the country's national capital district despite the threat of severe penalties if they don't return to work. They began their action on 10 July over the non-payment...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 July 2006 EI supports warnings issued by the Council of Europe and UNESCO about the accreditation of bogus Higher Education institutions
EI strongly supports the alerts issued recently by both the Council of Europe and UNESCO about bogus Higher Education institutions using their names as marks of accreditation.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 July 2006 EI participated at Council of Europe's Forum on Higher Education and Democratic Culture, Academic freedom
EI participated at the Council of Europe's Forum on Higher Education and Democratic Culture 22- 23 June, Strasbourg, France . Participants comprised higher education leaders, student representatives and public policy makers from Europe, North America and other regions of the world.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 July 2006 EI opinion on the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly's Recommendation on Academic Freedom and University Autonomy
During its (26-30) June sitting, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a Recommendation on Academic Freedom and University Autonomy.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 7 July 2006 Global unions urge G8 not to leave education to market forces
MOSCOW -- In a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin held at the Kremlin on 6 July, EI General Secretary Fred van Leeuwen urged leaders of the G8 nations not to abdicate their responsibility to invest in quality public education.
Global unions urge G8 not to leave education to market forces