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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 November 2013 Argentinian teachers in solidarity with Greece
The President OLME, one of EI’s Greek affiliates, Kotsifakis Themistoklis, met the Executive Board of the Argentinian teachers’ union CTERA in October. The delegation was led by Stella Maldonado, CTERA’s General Secretary and a member of EI’s Executive Board.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 November 2013 Cameroon: investing in education and teachers
The National Autonomous Union of Secondary School Teachers (SNAES), a member of the Federation of Education and Research Unions (FESER) affiliated to EI, called attention to the need for quality teachers.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 November 2013 Japan: Ending tuition exemption a ‘bad decision’
EI has branded as a “bad decision” Japan’s move to introduce an income cap for its tuition-free programme for public high schools during the 2014 fiscal year. This “will destroy an education policy that has taken root after three years and is supported by parents and educators,” said EI’s Chief...
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Equity and inclusion 7 November 2013 Nepal: Union rights and gender issues highlighted at educators’ workshop
EI and its national affiliates, the Nepal National Teachers' Association (NNTA), the Nepal Teachers' Association (NTA), and the Sansthagat Vidyalaya Schickshak Union Nepal (ISTU), co-organised a joint workshop on trade union rights and gender issues in trade unions, education and society in Kathmandu, Nepal, from 22-24 October. Discussions were held...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 November 2013 Latin America: calling for free and universal early childhood education
EI’s Latin American Regional Office has taken steps to consolidate trade union work in early childhood education. A meeting of member organisations was convened to analyse, plan and unify trade union action in this field in Santiago, Chile, on 28 and 29 October 2013.
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Trade union rights are human rights 30 October 2013 UK: University staff to go on strike
The University and College Union (UCU), one of EI’s national affiliates in the UK, has planned a coordinated strike action on 31 October with UNITE and UNISON to demand fair pay in higher education. Unions are disappointed that employers refused talks to try and avert a walkout, but said they...
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Union renewal and development 30 October 2013 Canada: Marketing and consumerism focus of Media Literacy Week
The Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF), one of EI’s national affiliates, will organise the eighth national annual Media Literacy Week on November 4-8 in collaboration with MediaSmarts, a Canadian not-for-profit centre for digital and media literacy. This year’s Week will focus on marketing and consumerism.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 30 October 2013 Latvia: Educators’ action for better wages
The Latvian Trade Union of Education and Science Employees (LIZDA) has organised a warning strike in front of the National Parliament building in Riga to show their rejection of the government’s budget proposal on the minimum teachers’ salary.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 30 October 2013 Fiji: Teachers’ action plan to increase education quality
EI's affiliates, the Fijian Teachers’ Association (FTA) and the Fiji Teachers Union (FTU) have started to implement an Action Plan to launch their campaign linked to the EI Unite for Quality Education campaign.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 30 October 2013 Mongolia: Educators push for quality education during WTD
The Federation of Mongolian Education and Science Unions(FMESU), EI’s national affiliate, has organised a joint meeting under the theme, “I have a message for the government”, at the Confederation of Mongolian Trade Unions’ level. The meeting was held in conjunction with the one-year EI Unite for Quality Education initiative.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 October 2013 European educators unite for quality education
EI's European region, the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE), held a special meeting on 23 October in Brussels. Entitled "What is needed to improve the quality of education in Europe?", it brought together trade unionists from across Europe to reflect on challenges ahead and discuss measures to improve...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 October 2013 3263rd Council meeting, Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs
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Union growth 28 October 2013 South Korea: educators demand respect for workers’ rights
On 24 October, the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union (KTU) was officially deprived of its legal status by the South Korean Govenment. The union had been given a one-month ultimatum to revise its by-laws.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 October 2013 Miscellaneous news
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 October 2013 High-level social partners agreement with the Commission on education and training
During the recent years, ETUCE has issued a number of positions and had several meetings with the Directorate-General of Education and Culture of the European Commission, wherein we urged the European Commission to invite the social partners to more dialogue on policy initiatives of the European Commission on education and...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 October 2013 Spain: 83% of education employees take part in general strike
The Spanish unions CCOO, FETE-UGT and STES-I stated that the general strike of the education employees, which took place on 24 October 2013 across Spain and was called for by the National Platform for Public School, was very successful.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 October 2013 EU Employment and Social Situation Quarterly Review – September 2013
There are signs of fragile economic recovery, but economic growth is unlikely to be sustained unless it is inclusive and job rich, especially while labour market and social conditions remain extremely challenging and divergence between countries is growing
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 October 2013 Lebanon: Providing education to refugee children
“Lebanese educators are doing a splendid job of accommodating the tens of thousands Syrian refugee children who have entered their class rooms in the past two years.” EI General Secretary, Fred van Leeuwen, conveyed this message to the Education Minister of Lebanon, Mr. Hassan Diab, and the leaders of the...
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