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   Trade union rights are human rights 28 August 2023

   Sri Lanka: Global union community demand respect for the labour rights of workers

   The Education International’s Asia-Pacific (EIAP) office has added the voice of educators in the region to the Global Unions Federations’ statement denouncing attempts to slash labour rights in the country.

   Sri Lanka: Global union community demand respect for the labour rights of workers

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   Fighting the commercialisation of education 14 June 2023

   Educators in South Asia go public to fund education

   Over 140 union delegates from South Asian countries including India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal came together to reflect and learn from each other to play an active role in transforming education in South Asia.

   Educators in South Asia go public to fund education

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   Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 September 2019

   “Copyright Issues and Teachers' Dilemma in Asia Pacific”, by Dr. Robert Jeyakumar.

   Dr. Robert Jeyakumar

   I woke up in Budapest on a fine summer morning to deliver a lecture using materials I had prepared in Malaysia in accordance with copyright exceptions allowed in Malaysia. Just before the lecture, I was informed that my materials did not conform to copyright laws in the EU. Dismay! This...

   “Copyright Issues and Teachers' Dilemma in Asia Pacific”, by Dr. Robert Jeyakumar.

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   Union growth 1 May 2017

   This May Day, why not try solidarity?

   As the occasion to celebrate and reaffirm the value and values of trade unions, from which their principles continue to inspire, today must also serve as a lens to carefully examine our societies and institutions.

   This May Day, why not try solidarity?

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   Union renewal and development 1 September 2016

   Management training for Sri Lanka’s teachers’ unions an ‘eye-opening’ experience

   Successfully running development programmes is a challenge for even the most experienced professionals, which is why Education International’s Sri Lankan affiliates jumped at the chance to learn from the experts.

   Management training for Sri Lanka’s teachers’ unions an ‘eye-opening’ experience

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   Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 November 2015

   Sri Lankan teachers work to make children’s education free of corporate influence

   Members of the All Ceylon Union of Teachers are preparing to combat the increasing privatisation and de-professionalisation in Sri Lanka’s Early Childhood Education sector, and look at ways of improving access and teachers’ working conditions.

   Sri Lankan teachers work to make children’s education free of corporate influence