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Union growth 7 April 2021 USA: Education unions join forces to build back better education system
With a new administration vowing to “build back better” from the public health, education, and economic crises of the Trump era, the two largest US educators’ unions, both Education International affiliates, have a shared agenda to ensure students and school communities receive the support they need for recovery and renewal.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 February 2021 USA: Trade union joins call for a New Deal for Higher Education
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) have launched a campaign calling for increased funding and reforms in public colleges and universities. The two organisations have partnered in this campaign because a crisis for higher education means a crisis for democracy.
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Union growth 8 January 2021 USA: Education unions condemn attack on democracy
The National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) have reacted to the 6 January’s assault in Washington DC, where rioters encouraged by President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol building during a joint session of Congress to certify the election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
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Union growth 16 September 2020 US: AFT and RFK Human Rights launch human rights and democracy programme
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT), working with RFK Human Rights will launch a programme to share lesson plans on human rights and democracy developed by classroom teachers at a webinar on 17 September. The webinar, “Defenders of Human Rights and Democracy in Your Community” will feature AFT President Randi...
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Equity and inclusion 28 August 2020 United States: AFT mobilises for 28 August March on Washington
Many thousands of people are marching in Washington, DC in the “Commitment March: Get Your Knee Off Our Necks”. The American Federation of Teachers (AFT), several other trade unions as well as civil rights and other civil society organisations are mobilising to bring attention to systemic racism, the need for...
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Trade union rights are human rights 17 July 2020 USA: The voice of education professionals must be heard on safely reopening schools
Education International’s affiliates in the United States have reasserted the need for public authorities to listen to the voice of educators and their professional organisations when reopening schools and education institutions, and to deliver proper funding for the education sector.
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Trade union rights are human rights 5 May 2020 USA: Teacher union presents roadmap to safely reopen schools and communities
The American Federation of Teachers has launched a blueprint providing guidance for safely and responsibly reopening school buildings and other institutions and imagining a ‘new normal’ for public education, public health, and the economy in the age of COVID-19.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 October 2018 US educators fight over student debt and loan fraud
American Federation of Teachers’ members have filed a class-action lawsuit against the student loan servicer Navient for misleading borrowers and called for immediate action.
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Union growth 1 October 2018 Stop the US “zero tolerance” immigration policy harmful to children and their families!
Education International has endorsed the complaint lodged by United States (US) trade unions concerning the US “zero tolerance” immigration policy systematically and forcibly separating immigrant children from their parents, for the purposes of prosecuting parents for “illegal entry” in the country.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 July 2018 "The world is with you": EI General Secretary, David Edwards addresses delegates of the National Education Association
EI General Secretary, David Edwards addressed the Representative Assembly of the National Education Association (NEA), the top decision-making body for the more than 3-million member union, the largest in the United States.
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Trade union rights are human rights 23 February 2018 #ItsAboutFreedom: Educators worldwide support US unions under attack
Educators are uniting worldwide in support of their colleagues in the USA, who face one of the most severe anti-union attacks in recent history, aiming at destroying public employee and teacher unions through a Supreme Court case.
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Equity and inclusion 18 October 2017 The American Federation of Teachers produces guide to support educators working with immigrant and refugee children
The AFT's "Immigrant and Refugee Children: A Guide for Educators and School Support Staff" includes both background information on immigration— especially for refugee asylum seekers crossing the border from Mexico—and practical advice for families threatened by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immigration raids, deportation and detention.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 20 March 2006 Korea: KTU demands a stop to Free Trade Agreement negotiations
EI affiliate the KTU is urging the government to cease negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Korea and the United States, fearing that it may make public services, including education, subject to private ownership.
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Standards and working conditions 2 March 2006 USA: Affiliates unite to oppose "65% solution"
EI affiliates the AFT and NEA are united in their opposition to proposed legislation that would require a minimum of 65% of education spending in school districts goes to direct instruction in the classroom.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 February 2006 USA: Affiliates united in opposition to proposed education budget cuts
EI affiliates the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and National Education Authority (NEA) are united in their opposition to proposed budget cuts for education.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 February 2006 USA: “No Child Left Behind” is failing to lead the way, say affiliates
While both the AFT and NEA agree that the NCLB initiative established laudable goals - high standards, accountability for all, and the belief that all children can learn, regardless of their background or ability - its underfunding and bureaucracy are masking the true progress made in schools.
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Standards and working conditions 9 February 2006 USA: Teachers' Needs Survey
With the assistance of EI affiliates, the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the American Psychological Association (APA) is gathering information about teachers' perceptions of professional development in several areas, including classroom management, instructional practices, classroom diversity, family and community outreach, and other teaching skills...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 January 2006 USA: Affiliate supports call for investigation of Pentagon surveillance of private citizens
EI affiliate the American Association of University Professors is demanding an investigation into Pentagon surveillance of private citizens.
USA: Affiliate supports call for investigation of Pentagon surveillance of private citizens