Ei-iE

  1. Fighting the commercialisation of education 15 February 2006

    Strasbourg: 30,000 join EuroManif demonstration

    The EuroManif demonstration in Strasbourg yesterday saw up to 30,000 trade unionists vent fears that the proposed Services Directive could undermine European jobs and social standards.

    Strasbourg: 30,000 join EuroManif demonstration
  2. Fighting the commercialisation of education 10 February 2006

    Major demonstration to take place in Strasbourg to prevent the inclusion of education in the proposed EU Services Directive

    A campaign has been launched by the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE) to exclude education from the proposed Directive on services in the internal EU market, first presented by the European Commission in Jan 2004.

    Major demonstration to take place in Strasbourg to prevent the inclusion of education in the proposed EU Services Directive
  3. Fighting the commercialisation of education 24 January 2006

    UNESCO Prize for Peace Education now open for nomination

    The UNESCO Prize for Peace Education is now open for nomination. The purpose of the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education is to promote all forms of action designed to “construct the defences of peace in the minds of men” by rewarding a particularly outstanding example of activity designed to alert...

    UNESCO Prize for Peace Education now open for nomination
  4. Fighting the commercialisation of education 14 December 2005

    EI's WTO update: the third day

    First of all, a co-ordination and mobilisation meeting was held among delegates from the EI family to discuss the last initiatives of some governments in relation to GATS and the possible scenarios which might turn out later in the day in the meetings with governmental delegations and during the workshops...

    EI's WTO update: the third day
  5. Fighting the commercialisation of education 14 December 2005

    Press Release 17/2005: 6th World Trade Organisation Ministerial Conference - "Take education out of GATS," teachers urge.

    In a statement released today to delegations to the 6th WTO Ministerial Conference, the global union representing more than 29 million teachers and education workers is calling on member countries to remove education services from the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS).

    Press Release 17/2005: 6th World Trade Organisation Ministerial Conference - "Take education out of GATS," teachers urge.
  6. Fighting the commercialisation of education 20 October 2005

    World Trade Organisation in EI's focus

    EI will send a 3-person delegation to the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (13-18 December). Thulas Nxesi, Eva-Lis Preisz and Elie Jouen will continue the lobbying undertaken by EI to protect the education sector from the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS).

    World Trade Organisation in EI's focus
  7. Fighting the commercialisation of education 7 April 2005

    Brain Drain

    Rich country seeks poor teachers

    Brain Drain