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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 16 March 2012 South Africa: Stop students’ exodus from public schools!
South African education unions demand government measures to counter the trend of students leaving public schools to join private schools.
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Standards and working conditions 14 March 2012 Brazil: Teachers strike over low pay
Public school teachers in Brazil have joined a national strike from 14-16 March. EI’s affiliate, Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores em Educação (CNTE), is coordinating the nationwide movement aiming at achieving two key demands.
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Trade union rights are human rights 14 March 2012 EI expresses its sympathy after a bus crash killed Belgian students
EI General Secretary, Fred van Leeuwen, has sent a condolence letter to EI Belgian affiliates, sending EI’s deepest condolences to school communities directly affected, and particularly to families who have lost a child, sibling or partner, after a devastating bus crash. On 13 March, a bus carrying 52 people crashed...
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Union renewal and development 14 March 2012 EI Asia-Pacific region’s newsletter now online
EI regional office in Asia-Pacific has published its latest newsletter. It reviews the adoption of the EI Education Policy Paper at EI 6th World Congress. And it addresses the required education of union leaders in Asia-Pacific about this document, to guarantee education as a human right and a public good.
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Standards and working conditions 14 March 2012 Germany: Schools take the lead at leaders’ Congress
‘Schools take the lead’ was the theme of the first German school leaders’ Congress attended by over 1,200 school leaders from all over Germany, as well as Austria, Switzerland, Finland and Italy.
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Standards and working conditions 13 March 2012 Canada: unions step up to the plate on Quebec’s education future
Over 400 education professionals along with lecturers (sociologists, academics and trade unionists) from Quebec and France, discussed the big issues in education today at the two-day Grand Rendez-vous de l’Education (Education Summit) 2012 hosted by its affiliate, Centrale des syndicats du Québec (CSQ), on 21-22 February 2012 in Laval.
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Standards and working conditions 12 March 2012 National leaders and education unionists debate on the future of the teaching profession
From 14-15 March, Education Ministers, national and international union leaders and accomplished teachers from 24 countries and regions with high-performing and rapidly improving education systems will convene for the second international Summit on the Teaching Profession, in New York, USA. This year’s theme focuses on “Preparing Teachers and Developing School...
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Equity and inclusion 8 March 2012 Spain: FETE-UGT rewards the work of Republican female teachers
Spain’s female teachers of the Second Spanish Republic have received the award 8 de marzo, in acknowledgement of the important work carried out by them during the 1930s.
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Trade union rights are human rights 8 March 2012 EI launches Urgent Action Appeal to stop Iranian teacher’s execution
Education International (EI) urgently calls on teachers and human rights activists worldwide to request the authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran to stay the execution of Prof. Abdolreza Ghanbari, a university lecturer, sentenced to death for “enmity towards God”.
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Equity and inclusion 7 March 2012 8th March: International Women’s Day: Teachers on the Move for Equality
To mark International Women’s Day, 8th March, EI, which represents thirty million teachers and other education employees throughout the world, the majority of whom are women, is highlighting women’s and girls’ right to quality education and to economic empowerment. In this context, EI wishes to emphasise the intrinsic value of...
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Trade union rights are human rights 7 March 2012 Iran: EI welcomes decision to dismiss death sentence of Amir Mirza Hekmati
On 5 March, Iran’s Supreme Court repealed the death sentence for former U.S. Marine, Amir Mirza Hekmati.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 6 March 2012 The Netherlands: Huge Teachers’ Demonstration Against Cutbacks
Almost 50,000 teachers and education support staff in The Netherlands showed their anger today over plans by the Dutch government to cut the country’s special education budget by €300 million. The measure would increase class sizes and may cause more than 3,000 teachers and support staff to lose their jobs...
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Union growth 5 March 2012 Egypt: Independent trade union leader sentenced to 6 months’ in jail
Kamal Abbas, a leading figure in the fight to create independent democratic trade unions in Egypt, has been sentenced to six months in prison for the "crime" of insulting a Mubarak-era union officer at the 2011 International Labour Organisation conference.
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Union growth 5 March 2012 USA: Stand with Wisconsin
On 9 March, 2011, Wisconsin governor Scott Walker pushed through a bill stripping unions of their rights. One year onwards, after massive citizen protests, enough signatures have been gathered to force an election to recall Walker.
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Standards and working conditions 5 March 2012 Swaziland: Union demands 1,200 dismissed teachers be reinstated
The Swaziland National Association of Teachers (SNAT), an EI national affiliate, has condemned the authorities’ decision to make 1,200 primary teachers redundant due to the financial crisis hitting this Kingdom.
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Equity and inclusion 2 March 2012 Trade union delegation contributes to debates at UNCSW
Trade unionists are deeply involved in discussions at the 56th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW), being held in New York, USA, from 27 February-9 March. As a member of the trade union delegation, EI has contributed extensively at official panels.
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Equity and inclusion 1 March 2012 International Women’s Day: Teachers are on the move for equality
To mark International Women’s Day, 8th March, Education International is calling upon member organisations to engage in activities highlighting women’s and girls’ right to quality education and to economic empowerment and to emphasise in those activities the intrinsic value of gender equality, fairness and solidarity to society.
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Union growth 29 February 2012 European trade union federations back Spanish workers’ demands
European trade unions are backing Spanish trade union confederations in their campaign against the reform of the labour code in Spain. EI European region, the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE) has issued, together with the European Federation of Public Service Unions and the European Transport Federation, a Solidarity...
European trade union federations back Spanish workers’ demands