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Equity and inclusion 8 June 2011 Latin America: Women’s Networks keep moving for equality
The Southern Cone Women’s Network of EI’s Latin America Region met from 6-7 June in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to evaluate the results and challenges of EI’s World Women’s Conference held in Thailand in January 2011.
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Union renewal and development 31 May 2011 Congress News and Information
Countdown to Congress! The 6th World Congress of EI will convene in Cape Town, South Africa, in 50 days! Congress related events will begin with the EI/PSI Sexual Diversity Forum on 18 July and conclude with the final session of Congress itself on 26 July. In between there will be...
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Standards and working conditions 31 May 2011 Wisconsin ‘budget bill’ struck down by court
The controversial Wisconsin law which proposed to take away most collective bargaining rights from public workers has been struck down by a circuit court judge. However, the ruling will not be the final say in the union fight that brought tens of thousands of protesters to the streets this year.
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Standards and working conditions 30 May 2011 UK: Teachers mount legal battle over pensions
The National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) is mounting a legal challenge in the British High Court to contest its government’s proposal to make changes to its members’ pension scheme.
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Standards and working conditions 30 May 2011 UK: Teachers mount legal battle over pensions
The National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) is mounting a legal challenge in the British High Court to contest its government’s proposal to make changes to its members’ pension scheme.
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Union renewal and development 30 May 2011 EI to protect teaching's high quality standards in Europe
EI’s European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE) has met in Brussels to review key issues for teachers’ unions and education across the region.
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Trade union rights are human rights 27 May 2011 Trade unions protest against anti-union crackdown in Bahrain
A delegation of international, European and Belgian trade unions, including Education International (EI), delivered a letter of protest to the Bahrain Embassy in Brussels on 26 May to condemn the on-going attacks on the trade unionists in Bahrain. Embassy officials refused to give an audience to the delegation led by...
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Equity and inclusion 27 May 2011 European teacher unions on the move for equality
Fifty representatives of European teacher trade unions met in Brussels this week at the annual ETUCE Equality Committee. The discussions focused on overcoming gender stereotypes in and through education, on measures to achieve economic empowerment of women, and on steps to make trade unions places of equality, empowerment and respect...
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Standards and working conditions 27 May 2011 Canada: Teacher union announces withdrawal of voluntary services
The Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation (STF), which is affiliated to EI’s member organisation the Canadian Teachers’ Federation, has announced that its members will be withdrawing their voluntary services as part of an on-going dispute over terms and conditions.
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Equity and inclusion 27 May 2011 OECD: EI speaks up for young people, jobs and gender equality
EI has broken new ground today by addressing the full Ministerial Council of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on the need to tackle youth unemployment and gender inequality.
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Union renewal and development 25 May 2011 Pakistan: New schools open after flooding
EI welcomes the opening of new schools in rural parts of Pakistan which were devastated by flooding last July.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 May 2011 New OECD Index shows education contributes to better life
Education is one of the 11 most essential dimensions for a better life, according to a new report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 May 2011 Trade unions demand coherence for decent work G20 high-level conference
The Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has called on leaders meeting at the G20 high-level conference on Strengthening Economic and Social Policy Coherence to take action to achieve decent work standards.
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Equity and inclusion 19 May 2011 Dutch students bring a resolution on child labour to the European Commission
Twenty-eight students and four teachers from the public school Stedelijk Gymnasium Nijmenen, Netherlands, have been invited by EI to learn more about trade union work on child labour worldwide and present a resolution to the European Commission.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 May 2011 Schools must be inclusive spaces for teachers and students with disabilities
Since beginning of May, 100 states have signed the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. EI welcomes the commitment of states to create more inclusive societies and demands concrete steps to move from paper to practice.
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Trade union rights are human rights 18 May 2011 Crucial role of Teacher Unions’ voices in HIV/AIDS prevention worldwide
The EI EFAIDS Closing Conference, held in Brussels on 16-17 May, came to an end with the session "On the path to 2015." Affiliates and partner organisations representatives from far and wide reflected on lessons learned as well as on teacher unions’ role and sustainability within Education for All (EFA)...
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Union renewal and development 18 May 2011 Indian and Spanish teachers strengthen their trade union links in Madrid
Representatives of EI affiliate, Federación de Enseñanza de Comisiones Obreras (FE.CC.OO) met EI Vice-President and General Secretary of the All India Primary Teachers Federation (AIPTF), Subramaniam Eswaran, on May 11 in Madrid.
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Union renewal and development 18 May 2011 EI: “ICT in education is a tool, not an end in itself”
Education International is participating in the World Summit on the Information Society currently held in Geneva from 16-20 May. Representing EI on the panel in two sessions on “E-learning: Teachers Count” and “Education and ICTs”, Hans Laugesen from the Gymnasieskolernes Lærerforening (Denmark) presented teachers' perspective with regard to the use...
EI: “ICT in education is a tool, not an end in itself”