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Union growth 16 October 2020 Taiwan: Education union’s pressure prompts a private educational provider to apologise for harassment
The National Teachers’ Association (NTA) in Taiwan publicly denounced the Kang Hsuan Educational Publishing Group (KH Group) for its unlawful practices concerning public health as well as labour issues. The KH Group is one of the largest private educational corporations in Taiwan.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 15 October 2020 Iraq: Education union demands improvements in the education sector
On the occasion of World Teachers’ Day, 5 October, the Kurdistan Teachers’ Union (KTU) called on the government to improve educators’ working and living conditions and the quality of education at all levels.
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Trade union rights are human rights 14 October 2020 Australia: Educators act against poverty and on mental health issues
The Australian Education Union (AEU) has invited its members to participate in the national Anti-Poverty Week and to support the wellbeing and mental health of students and colleagues.
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Climate action and literacy 13 October 2020 IMF must support public investment and stop public sector wage bill constraints
Today, in a joint webinar with Action Aid and Public Services International, Education International called on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to stop advising countries to cut or freeze public wage bills.
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Union growth 11 October 2020 Statement | International Coming Out Day
It’s International Coming Out Day! In celebration, the Council of Global Unions is releasing our LGBTI website to share the work of Global Unions promoting LGBTI rights at work at national, regional and international levels.
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Trade union rights are human rights 9 October 2020 Africa: Governments and teacher unions highlight benefits of collaboration
Teachers’ professional issues and government-teacher union collaboration were at the heart of an online seminar on the Future of the Teaching Profession in Africa for 2020.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 October 2020 Global Unions call upon the World Bank and the IMF to support public investment
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will hold their Annual Meetings on 16-18 October. The International Financial Institutions can play a critical role in ensuring that there is a real and sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The International Trade Union Confederation and Global Union Federations, while...
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Trade union rights are human rights 9 October 2020 Mexico: Union targets school dropouts during pandemic
The National Union of Education Workers (SNTE) in Mexico celebrated World Teachers' Day with the delivery of televisions, smartphones, electronic tablets and computer equipment to teachers and students. The aim is to avoid school dropouts during the pandemic by facilitating online teaching and learning.
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Trade union rights are human rights 8 October 2020 Germany: Education stakeholders demand swift implementation of enhanced safety measures in schools
“Many questions remained unanswered” in terms of guaranteeing safe and healthy teaching and learning environments in Germany. That’s according to the two largest German education unions – the Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft (GEW) and the Verband Bildung und Erziehung (VBE) - and the Federal Parents' Council (BER) in a statement...
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Trade union rights are human rights 7 October 2020 Cameroon: Union development during and after the COVID-19 pandemic
A teacher union operating in the private sector has decided to take a series of actions to ensure decent working and living conditions for teachers and also to strengthen its capacities and ensure that teachers’ voices are really heard by the public authorities.
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Trade union rights are human rights 6 October 2020 Haiti: Solidarity of the global teacher trade union movement against government harassment of educators
Education International and its member organisations are monitoring the situation for teacher trade unionists fighting for free, quality public education for all in Haiti. In particular, they are putting pressure on the government to respect the human and trade union rights of educators
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Standards and working conditions 5 October 2020 EI Africa launches study on COVID-19 and education
EI Africa launches study on COVID-19 and education
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Trade union rights are human rights 29 September 2020 “The Movement Against Pension Reform in France: Paradoxes of Teacher Militancy” by Laurent Frajerman.
Laurent Frajerman
Teachers in France, like in many countries, are simultaneously leading a social movement and facing the prospect of a lowering of their professional status, which would become more acute as a result of the pension reform undertaken by the French government in 2019. But their ‘uber-militancy’ (the use of strikes...
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Trade union rights are human rights 28 September 2020 Madagascar: an education union is bringing teachers’ grievances and suggestions to the attention of the public authorities
With the help of Education International’s COVID-19 solidarity fund, the Fédération chrétienne des enseignants et employés de l’Éducation (FEKRIMPAMA) has been able to get out to meet Madagascar’s teachers. The pandemic has abruptly reduced their quality of life and drawn attention to the lack of social and health security for...
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Trade union rights are human rights 25 September 2020 Nepal: Education union fights for private teachers and education staff unpaid or dismissed during pandemic
In Nepal, the Sansthagat Vidyalaya Schickshak Union Nepal (ISTU) has issued demands to the government, highlighting how the COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to new challenges for teachers and education staff in the private sector, and how to respond to them.
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Standards and working conditions 22 September 2020 Canada: The Federation of Childcare Workers of Quebec calls an indefinite general strike
The 10,000 home daycare workers affiliated to the Centrale des syndicats du Québec (CSQ) began an indefinite general strike on 21 September. They have been holding rotating strikes in the regions of Quebec since 1 September and this increases the pressure.
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Trade union rights are human rights 21 September 2020 Germany: Unions demand clear and consistent nation-wide education standards
Two German education unions have called for transparent standards at federal level and coordinated conceptions.
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Trade union rights are human rights 18 September 2020 Philippines: International solidarity with workers and unionists facing tyranny
Education International has joined other Global Unions in a webinar backing Filipino workers and trade unionists who fight to defend from governmental siege rights and democracy. The discussion was organised by the Council of Global Unions (CGU). The CGU groups Global Union Federations like EI with the International Trade Union...
Philippines: International solidarity with workers and unionists facing tyranny