Trade union rights are human rights
12 January 2021
Hong Kong: International trade union solidarity
Education International joins other global union federations and the International Trade Union Confederation in welcoming the release of Hong Kong’s top union leader from jail and condemning the continuous harassment of trade unionists, including in the education sector, by public forces.
Education International expresses solidarity with Hong Kong education union and academic freedom worldwide
Education International strongly condemns the Hong Kong government for
cutting ties with the Hong Kong Professional Teachers’ Union (HKPTU), the
city’s largest teachers’ union with around 95,000 members and representing 90
per cent of the city’s educators. EI also denounces severe violations of
academic freedom and a systematic attack on...