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Union growth 1 April 2011 Morocco: teachers strike after violent protests
Teacher unionists in Morocco have staged a two-day nationwide strike after recent demonstrations for better benefits ended in violence.
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Trade union rights are human rights 31 March 2011 France: Teachers reaffirm their commitment to solidarity and social justice
French teacher unions have issued a joint statement following on the recent district elections in France, which have seen a growth in support for the far right party, the National Front, asserting that “educators oppose the policies of the extreme right.“
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 March 2011 Canada: education is a key issue in major elections
The Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF), EI’s largest affiliate in Canada, has responded to the Prime Minister’s call for early federal elections on 2 May by asking people to “vote for candidates who give priority to education and public programs that support the well-being of children and youth.”
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Trade union rights are human rights 29 March 2011 Teachers are indispensable for the promotion of health and safety in schools
This conclusion was drawn by Professor Davison Munowadawafa at a meeting on school health and safety, evaluating the outcome of the EI EFAIDS programme.
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Union growth 28 March 2011 Teacher unions under attack in Bahrain and Yemen
While teacher unions are determined to continue to voice demands for more freedom and rights in the region, EI keeps receiving worrying reports about attacks against teachers and unionists.
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Union growth 25 March 2011 EI welcomes the appointment of the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to association and assembly
Mr. Maina Kiai, chairman of the Kenya National Human Rights Commission (KNHRC), has been appointed by the Human Rights Council as Special UN Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association for a period of three years.
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Leading the profession 25 March 2011 Education researchers gather to ‘measure what we value’
Participants have gathered at the EI Research Network meeting to discuss the global threats to unions from the reduction in public expenditure on education and privatisation, to testing and ranking systems that only tell part of the story.
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Union growth 25 March 2011 Teacher unions attacked in Bahrain and Yemen
While teacher unions are determined to continue to voice demands for more freedom and rights in the region, EI keep receiving worrying reports about attacks against teachers and unionists.
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Union renewal and development 25 March 2011 Countdown begins with action plan for Congress 2011
The Executive Board of Education International, the global union federation representing 30 million education personnel across 171 countries, has concluded its 37th meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, with a clear plan of action leading up to its World Congress in July 2011.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 March 2011 UK: Unions march for alternative economic choices and growth
EI’s British member organisations are backing their national Trades Union Congress (TUC) call for action and will join a March for the Alternative on 26 March.
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Trade union rights are human rights 24 March 2011 Honduras: EI Executive Board condemns workers’ repression
The EI Executive Board in Cape Town has condemned the murder of teacher Ilse Ivania Velásquez as a new low in an increasingly deteriorating situation in Honduras.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 March 2011 EI General Secretary tells Summit 'nations are built on public schools'
At the International Summit on the Teaching Profession, EI General Secretary, Fred van Leeuwen, has told participants of a "global consensus that the teaching profession is the most crucial in-school factor to achieving high quality education."
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Union renewal and development 21 March 2011 International teacher trade unionists gather to debate ‘building the future through quality education for all’
EI has begun its 4-day Executive Board meeting in Cape Town from 21-24 March.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 18 March 2011 Teachers celebrate Global Action Week 2011
Global Action Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness and call on governments around the world to keep their promises on the UN Millennium Development Goal of achieving Education for All.
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Union renewal and development 17 March 2011 EI launches Japan earthquake and tsunami fund
In solidarity with teachers, students and the people of Japan, EI has established a solidarity fund to aid relief efforts after the powerful earthquake that hit the country on 11 March.
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Trade union rights are human rights 17 March 2011 Bahrain: University students attacked as violence escalates
EI has condemned the suspension of higher education in Bahrain as the brutal repression of pro-democracy protesters demanding political reforms within the kingdom continues.
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Trade union rights are human rights 17 March 2011 South Africa: Government must endorse UN policy on human rights
EI and its national affiliates, SADTU, NAPTO, and SAOU, are urging the Government of South African to sign up to the joint statement on ending violence and related human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Standards and working conditions 17 March 2011 EI and affiliates join international summit on teaching profession
Leaders of EI affiliates have joined their national education minister counterparts in a Summit on the Future of the Teaching Profession organised by EI, the OECD and U.S. Department of Education in New York City, from 16-17 March.
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