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Union growth 1 December 2011 EI Executive Board condemns unjust prison sentence on trade union activists in Turkey
The EI Executive Board, meeting in Brussels this week, learned with great regret that 25 Turkish trade unionists, members of EGITIM Sen-KESK, which includes the EI affiliate in Turkey, had prison sentences imposed by the Turkish courts for engaging in what would be regarded elsewhere as legitimate trade union activities.
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Trade union rights are human rights 25 November 2011 On December 1, in your school or your union, talk about HIV and AIDS!
Each year on December 1, millions of people throughout the world commemorate World AIDS Day. World AIDS Day is about raising awareness of HIV and AIDS and is a great opportunity to take action on HIV and AIDS education in schools.
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Trade union rights are human rights 23 November 2011 Bahrain: The international teacher trade union movement shows solidarity
EI General Secretary, Fred van Leeuwen, recently visited the Kingdom of Bahrain, in order to get first-hand impressions of the situation in a country that has seen severe mistreatment of teachers in the past months, following “Arab Spring”-inspired upheavals throughout the middle eastern state.
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Trade union rights are human rights 23 November 2011 Together combating teachers’ stress
The EI European Region, ETUCE, wrapped-up a research project on teachers’ work-related stress and presented the results from a European-wide survey on this issue during a Conference held in Berlin on 18-19 November.
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Trade union rights are human rights 10 November 2011 USA: Ohioan voters reject anti-worker law and agenda
EI’s U.S. affiliates, the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), have celebrated the historical vote overwhelmingly repealing Senate Bill 5, a controversial bill signed into law by Governor John Kasich. This legislation was designed to silence the public workers’ voices and strip away their collective...
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Union growth 8 November 2011 Estonia: massive support for educators’ demand for salary raise
The Estonian Educational Personal Union (EEPU), one of EI’s national affiliates, has joined a successful demonstration supporting educators’ justified salary demands, held on 25 October in the capital city, Tallinn, in front of the Riigikogu (the Estonian Parliament).
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Union growth 2 November 2011 Uganda: Teachers warn government about mass action
The Uganda National Teachers’ Union (UNATU), one of EI’s national affiliates, has warned the Government the next phase of their strike will include parents and supporters, should national authorities continue harassing teacher unionists through its security agents.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2 November 2011 Philippines: education union condemns on-going political violence against teachers
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), one of EI’s affiliates in the Philippines, has denounced recent cases of teachers and union activists’ killings.
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Union growth 27 October 2011 Poland: Government welcomes EI’s action protecting Polish minority teachers and students in Lithuania
EI’s European Region, the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE), adopted a Statement on the Situation of the Teachers from the Schools of National Minorities in Lithuania on 16 September at the Central and Eastern European (CEE) Round Table in Kiev. In response, the Undersecretary of State at the...
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Union growth 25 October 2011 Bahrain: Teacher leaders under threat of torture
EI has relaunched its Urgent Action Appeal on Bahrain. bahraini teachers fear for the safety of their leaders, after the heavy-handed arrest of their vice president Jalila al-Salman.
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Union growth 19 October 2011 Unions support the 'Occupy Wall Street' movement
EI is giving its support to the massive popular protest ‘Occupy Wall Street’ which is a movement for economic justice that is spreading across the United States and the world.
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Trade union rights are human rights 18 October 2011 Bahrain: Education union leader calls for international solidarity
Jalila Al-Salman, Vice-President of the EI-affiliated Bahraini Teachers’ Association (BTA), has called on the international community to support teachers’ legitimate struggle for human and trade unions rights.
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Union growth 14 October 2011 Bahrain: Union leader moved to Jaw prison
Education International has been informed that the Bahraini Teachers Association's (BTA) president, Mahdi 'Issa Mahdi Abu Dheeb (49 years of age) has been transferred to Jaw prison, Bahrain’s only men's prison, on October 12.
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Union growth 10 October 2011 Bahrain: UN concerned about court sentences for teacher leaders
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has voiced concern at the harsh sentences handed down by a military court to the two leaders of the EI Bahraini teacher association, 20 medical staff and at least 32 other individuals.
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Union growth 29 September 2011 Egypt: Teachers suspend strike for one week
Thousands of Egyptian teachers who have been protesting for one week outside the Cabinet building in Cairo have agreed to suspend strike action to give the government time to respond to their demand for the Minister of Education to step down.
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Union growth 26 September 2011 Bahrain: EI demands release of teacher leader on hunger strike
Education International has joined other trade unions and human rights groups to demand that the authorities in Bahrain release the leaders of the Bahraini Teachers’ Association (BTA) from prison. The BTA President, Mahdi Abu Dheeb, and Vice President, Jalila al-Salman, were sentenced to ten and three years’ imprisonment on 25...
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Union growth 23 September 2011 Fiji: Independent trade unionism in danger
EI remains deeply concerned about the continued violation of international labour standards that are directly impacting on its affiliates, the Fijian Teachers’ Association (FTA) and the Fiji Teachers’ Union (FTU), as well as the repression of the entire labour movement in Fiji.
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Trade union rights are human rights 23 September 2011 Mexico: Teachers strike against threats and extortion
Thousands of school teachers in Acapulco, Mexico, have taken part in a series of strikes to condemn the on-going threats of violence, extortion, robbery and kidnapping which they have been subjected to in recent months.
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