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Democracy 7 October 2024 World Day for Decent Work: Educators call for peace
On October 7, World Day for Decent Work, educators around the world join the global union movement in calling for peace and democracy for all. Without peace, there can be no social justice, and without social justice, peace cannot last.
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Democracy 21 August 2024 Education Voices | Georgiy Trukhanov, Laureate of the 2024 Fred van Leeuwen Democracy Award
Georgiy Trukhanov
At Education International’s 10th World Congress, Georgiy Trukhanov was awarded the 2024 Fred van Leeuwen Democracy Award. In this interview, Georgiy looks back on his experience as a union leader defending democracy in wartime.
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Democracy 12 August 2024 Education International’s 10th World Congress makes a strong call for peace
Education union leaders meeting in Buenos Aires for the 10th Education International World Congress have adopted several resolutions in solidarity with educators and students affected by war and armed conflict and that call for the protection of schools as safe sanctuaries. Unionists also highlighted the role of education in building...
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Democracy 25 March 2024 Unwavering solidarity with teachers and students in Ukraine
“749 days our brothers and sisters have been living under bombardments, shelling, and attacks. This is their reality. Our solidarity is unwavering because theirs is a fight for democracy and freedom which are at the core of who we are as education trade unions,” stated David Edwards, Education International General...
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Democracy 31 August 2023 Destroyed schools, bomb shelters, air-raid sirens: Ukraine’s children begin another school year in wartime
UNICEF reports that over 1,300 schools in Ukraine have been completely destroyed since the start of the full-scale invasion launched by Russia in February 2022. Most Ukrainian students are forced to continue their studies online, far from teachers and friends. As a new school year begins in September, students and...
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Solidarity in emergencies 6 June 2023 Education International stands with Ukraine: Union leaders in Kyiv meet colleagues and show solidarity
On May 8 to 11, an Education International delegation visited Ukraine’s capital to deliver a strong message of solidarity and meet with colleagues from the Trade Union of Education and Science Workers of Ukraine (TUESWU), EI member organisation in the country. The delegation also met with the Minister of Education...
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Democracy 24 February 2023 One year of solidarity with our colleagues, students, and all people of Ukraine
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, Education International launched an urgent action appeal calling on all member organisations to stand with and support our colleagues in Ukraine. Education unions from across the world responded. One year on, our solidarity is unwavering.
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Democracy 29 November 2022 #16Days | I was less afraid of a russian missile than of a russian soldier: Sexual violence as a weapon of war in Ukraine
Kateryna Maliuta-Osaulova
The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 marked the beginning of a collective nightmare. Attacks against civilians, including sexual violence against women and girls have been used as part of the campaign of terror to intimidate the population. This first-hand account from Ukraine details the horrors war unleashed but...
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Democracy 21 October 2022 Solidarity with Ukraine: Education unionists from the United States and Poland meet with colleagues in Ukraine
On October 11-12, 2022, a delegation of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and of the Polish education trade union ZNP visited Ukraine at the invitation of the Trade Union of Education and Science Workers of Ukraine (TUESWU). AFT President and Education International Executive Board Member Randi Weingarten headed the...
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Democracy 5 September 2022 Polish educators in full solidarity with Ukrainian colleagues and children
From hosting refugees in union buildings, to organising donations, volunteering at border crossings and reception centres and organising classes for children, education unions and their members in Poland have shown great solidarity with those fleeing the war raging in the neighbouring country of Ukraine.
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Trade union rights are human rights 30 August 2022 Ukraine: Trade unions strongly oppose new law that undermines labour rights, collective bargaining, and democracy
A new law deprives as many as 70% of Ukrainian workers of labour protections, including their collective bargaining rights. Trade unions in Ukraine, including Education International member organisation, the Trade Union of Education and Science Workers of Ukraine, are dismayed at this push to undermine the rights of workers in...
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Democracy 25 August 2022 Ukraine: Education International condemns Russian attacks against teachers and education in occupied territories
In a horrific effort to rewrite history and indoctrinate, Russian forces are cracking down on teachers and education in occupied territories in Ukraine. According to Serhiy Shkarlet, Ukraine’s Minister of Education and Science, the Russian army is burning Ukrainian books and threatening, arresting, and torturing teachers in the Kherson region...
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Standards and working conditions 3 August 2022 Romanian unionists unite and take action to support Ukrainian educators and students
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Fédération des Syndicats Libres de l'Enseignement (FSLE) of Romania has been undertaking many activities in solidarity with Ukrainian colleagues and children. Romanian educators are working as volunteers making sure schools are ready to receive Ukrainian students and organising rapid training for teachers to...
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Equity and inclusion 10 May 2022 Ukraine: Education unions, national and local authorities, and international organisations mobilise to ensure access to education for all refugee students
Education unions from Ukraine and other European countries, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, local authorities in neighbouring countries, and international organisations came together in Warsaw on May 3 and 4, to step up collaboration to ensure that education continues for all Ukrainian refugee students.
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Democracy 11 March 2022 War in Europe: Unions must stand together to defend democracy
Fred van Leeuwen
"We know that they lie; They know that they lie; They know that we know that they lie; We know that they know that we know that they lie; And yet they persist lying." Aleksandr Isajevitsj Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008)
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Equity and inclusion 11 March 2022 Protecting the rights and dignity of all refugees
Joint EI-ETUCE statement on Ukraine's refugee crisis
The global turmoil of recent decades causing crises, conflicts, and wars and the consequences of climate change worldwide have led to millions of individuals fleeing their countries in search of safety and shelter.
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Democracy 28 February 2022 Ukraine: Education unions from around the world stand in solidarity
Education unions from around the world have expressed their solidarity with the people of Ukraine and have condemned the Russian invasion of the country.
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Democracy 24 February 2022 Educators around the world stand with the people of Ukraine and condemn Russia’s act of war
Joint EI-ETUCE statement on Ukraine
Ignoring global pleas for peace and diplomacy, Russia has launched an unjustifiable full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Education International stands in solidarity with the teachers, students, and people of Ukraine and calls on the international community to stop the bloodshed and do their utmost to avoid a catastrophic humanitarian crisis in...
Educators around the world stand with the people of Ukraine and condemn Russia’s act of war