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Union renewal and development 5 June 2019 North America and Caribbean
North America and Caribbean
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Union renewal and development 5 June 2019 Upcoming events
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Union renewal and development 5 June 2019 Latin America
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Union renewal and development 5 June 2019 Europe
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Union renewal and development 5 June 2019 Asia-Pacific
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Union renewal and development 5 June 2019 ACCRS
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Union renewal and development 5 June 2019 Africa
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Union renewal and development 5 June 2019 Global
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 4 June 2019 Nigeria: Union steps up campaign against privatisation and commercialisation of education
The Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) has stated its determination to prevent exploitation of the poor by marketers in education.
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Climate action and literacy 3 June 2019 World Environment Day: Calling on governments to protect the planet
For World Environment Day, June 5th, Education International calls on governments to address climate change and help beat air pollution, the biggest public health crisis on the planet.
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Standards and working conditions 31 May 2019 Members of New Zealand teacher unions unite in largest teachers' strike in New Zealand history
Almost 50,000 New Zealand teachers take to the streets to advocate for a higher education budget.
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Equity and inclusion 29 May 2019 “It’s not just about learning German.”
On 26 May 2019, at the same time as the European parliamentary election, regional elections were held in the German State of Bremen. To date, it is unclear which coalition will be able to take power - whether a coalition of the Greens with the Christian Democrats and Liberals on...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 29 May 2019 Japan: Grief following the attack on schoolchildren in Kawasaki
As people around the world express their shock and disbelief on the student stabbing in Japan, educators express their deepest sympathy and sorrow.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 27 May 2019 Iraqi educators take stock of the education system in the Kurdistan region of Iraq
Education trade unionists belonging to the Kurdistan Teachers’ Union and the Iraqi Teachers’ Union took stock of the situation of education in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, urging the responsible public authorities to make education a priority and allocate an appropriate budget to it.
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Union renewal and development 24 May 2019 Development cooperation: how can education unions work best as a network?
In an Education International’s EdVoices podcast, Danish Union of Teachers’ International Secretary Tore Asmussen and the Director of international and social justice programme of the Canadian Teachers’ Federation Dan Martin reflect on the importance for education unions to work collectively as a network on development cooperation issues and stress the...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 23 May 2019 Latin America defines the next steps in the fight against privatization
Union leaders have gathered in Costa Rica to discuss how to take the global response against the privatisation of education to the next level.
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Union renewal and development 23 May 2019 Chad: a quarterly trade union newsletter resulting from successful development cooperation
Fruitful cooperation between education unions from the French-speaking world has brought tangible results with the production, printing and distribution of a trade union newsletter, a valuable communication tool ensuring that trade union action gets noticed and supporting the maintenance or increase of union organisation in education.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 May 2019 Asia-Pacific region calls for international action on copyright
International action is essential in order to address the challenges that educators and researchers face when working with copyright-protected materials. That was the finding of a recent regional seminar on copyright exceptions for education, research, libraries, archives and museums.
Asia-Pacific region calls for international action on copyright