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Trade union rights are human rights 13 January 2017 Education International demands Iranian academic’s immediate release
Firmly standing behind Iranian academic Ahmadreza Djalali, Education International reiterates the need for affiliates to join in the call for his immediate release from jail.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 13 January 2017 Facing up to the WTO summit, the Peoples’ Summit
The CTERA, the trade union confederation and affiliate of Educational International in Argentina, raised its voice against the commodification and privatisation of education at the ‘Peoples’ Summit’, which took place in Buenos Aires.
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Standards and working conditions 13 January 2017 Germany: teacher union rethinks education
The German union GEW is gearing up for a new campaign aimed at increasing the national and local governments’ funding for education.
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Union renewal and development 12 January 2017 Brazil: education, democracy and resistance
More than 2,500 teacher leaders gather in Brasilia, Brazil, this week for the Coordinadora Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (CNTE)’s congress, debating topics inspired by famous educator and philosopher Paulo Freire’s critical pedagogy.
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Equity and inclusion 11 January 2017 Report says that textbooks are crucial to tackling sexual discrimination
A new Global Education Monitoring Report Policy Paper clearly shows that textbooks can play a major role in helping build tolerance and positively shape young people’s views and acceptance of sexual diversity.
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Standards and working conditions 10 January 2017 Germany: union concerned over state proposals on fees and administration
The Education International affiliate GEW has strongly criticised the plans of a Southwestern German state to introduce study fees and warns against a dilution of the participation of education staff in the decision-making process.
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Standards and working conditions 9 January 2017 UK: Teacher unions unite to demand salary boost
Six education unions from the UK have made a joint submission to the national review body calling for a “significant” salary increase for teachers, whose pay has been frozen or capped since 2011.
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Standards and working conditions 6 January 2017 Canada: union deal with provincial government to spur teacher hiring spree
The British Columbia Teachers’ Federation has announced that more than 1,000 teachers will be hired after the government’s first $50 million commitment toward fulfilling last year’s Supreme Court ruling on the province’s classroom conditions.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 5 January 2017 Morocco: united union front to defend public education against increasing privatisation
Morocco's national education trade unions have mobilised in protest against rising privatisation, and specifically measures being introduced by the outgoing government which the unions believe are set to ‘destroy public education.’
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 January 2017 Australia: union calls for increased funding to support students with disabilities
In response to data released by state and federal governments, the Australian Education Union has highlighted the funding gap to support students with disability.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 January 2017 New imperatives of educational change to help build inclusive, stronger and democratic societies
Together with Education International’s Deputy General Secretary David Edwards, Boston College Professor Dennis Shirley discusses global trends in education and shares what he has identified as the five new imperatives of educational change.
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Union renewal and development 3 January 2017 2016 in review: looking back to move forward in education around the world
Education International and its affiliates are going to carry forward the momentum and lessons learnt from 2016 to make the New Year one to remember in education!
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Equity and inclusion 2 January 2017 NUT compiles resources for teaching refugee children
As a response to the refugee crisis the NUT has created a hub for refugee teaching resources, booklists and useful websites which have been developed, used and shared by teachers for teachers.
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Union growth 22 December 2016 DRC: education once again suffers the consequences of political turmoil
Political tensions in the Democratic Republic of Congo have resulted in school closures in the country, as teachers and parents are worried for pupils' safety.
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