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Union growth 23 July 2018 American Federation of Teachers: Hope in times of darkness. Our collective voice is stronger!
Under the banner of "We care. We fight. We show up. We vote,” more than 3 000 educators, health professionals and public employees came together for the biannual convention of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Trade union rights are human rights 19 July 2018 Education and Solidarity Network will relentlessly advocate for improved health and well-being in education
At its General Assembly, the Education and Solidarity Network renewed its commitment to remain a trusted, expanding and innovative network promoting health and well-being in educational settings the world over.
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Union renewal and development 18 July 2018 Students Before Profit: A Response to the Privatisation and Commercialisation of Education in Latin America
If universal, public, free education was one of the greatest achievements of the Welfare State, it is also one of the few public sectors that up until now has continued to resist commercialisation and liberalisation.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 17 July 2018 Educators in the EU and Japan demand education be left out of trade agreement
On the occasion of the signature of the European Union-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement, Education International firmly supports its European and Japanese members, reasserting that education must be explicitly carved out of such international trade agreements.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 16 July 2018 Iraq: teacher union expands to better advocate for quality public education
The opening of a new headquarters for its branch in the centre of the Iraqi Chamchamal region represents a golden opportunity for the Kurdistan Teachers’ Union to highlight the importance of providing quality education for all in the country and renew its commitment to ensure it.
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Union growth 13 July 2018 Brazil: trade union’s resistance to attacks on education
The Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores em Educação has been successful in pushing back a bill in the Brazilian Parliament that would prevent the expression of any political, ideological, or partisan ideas in classrooms.
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Standards and working conditions 11 July 2018 Indonesia: governmental promise to hire 100,000 teachers and bridge the teacher gap
Indonesian education unionists have welcomed the announcement made by the national government during a Public Discussion on National Education to hire 100,000 teachers in 2018 in an effort to combat the teacher shortage in the country.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 July 2018 New Zealand teachers and nurses to hold first mass strike in a generation
Thousands of nurses, primary school teachers and principals are calling on New Zealand’s public authorities to ensure decent pay for educators, as well as guaranteeing the future of quality public education, and are prepared to walk off the job.
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Trade union rights are human rights 10 July 2018 Colombia: stop the wave of violence and harassment targeting education unionists!
Education International supports its affiliate, the Federación Colombiana de Educadores, in denouncing and firmly condemning assassinations and threats targeting Colombian educators, trade unionists, and social leaders.
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Leading the profession 9 July 2018 Postponed European legislative debate on copyright; an opportunity to improve educational exception
The European Parliament’s decision to submit the reform of the copyright legislation in the European Union to a full public debate in plenary in September gives civil society and education unions a chance to push for the desired open, broad and flexible EU copyright educational exception.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 6 July 2018 Nepal: trade unions unite around fighting privatisation and commercialisation of education
Organised as part of Education International’s Global Response against the commercialisation and privatisation in and of Education, the Convention on Privatisation of Education and Right to Education in Nepal helped further raise awareness and disseminate international research on education privatisation in the country.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 July 2018 "The world is with you": EI General Secretary, David Edwards addresses delegates of the National Education Association
EI General Secretary, David Edwards addressed the Representative Assembly of the National Education Association (NEA), the top decision-making body for the more than 3-million member union, the largest in the United States.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 3 July 2018 Mexico: Teachers fight to overhaul education reform measures
The Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (SNTE) is pushing for a structural review of the 2013 education reforms introduced by outgoing president Enrique Peña Nieto.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 3 July 2018 Global Response research, reports and papers
The effects of commercialisation and privatisation have a serious impact on students, communities and public education systems. We use research as a guide to inform the campaign and create an accurate picture of trends, tendencies and outcomes.
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Equity and inclusion 3 July 2018 African education unions determined to eradicate school-related gender-based violence
Several Education International affiliates in Africa reaffirmed their commitment to put an end to school-related gender-based violence during a peer learning training workshop.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 3 July 2018 Germany: united for a greater investment in quality education
Reacting to the recommendations of the European Union’s Commission in the framework of the “European Semester”, German teachers’ unions have insisted on the need to provide public education with adequate funding.
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Union growth 29 June 2018 Canada: EI honours two prominent union leaders from Quebec
The Congress of the Centrale de syndicats du Québec highlighted the importance of education’ trade unions for workers, students and society as a whole, and acknowledged the work of two eminent union leaders, Louise Chabot and Daniel Lafrenière.
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Equity and inclusion 28 June 2018 Teachers, activists denounce U.S. immigration policies, attempt to deliver books, toys to detained children
A group of teachers, unionists, activists and religious leaders traveled to a detention center at the U.S. Mexico border to deliver books, toys and gifts to children incarcerated by U.S. immigration authorities.
Teachers, activists denounce U.S. immigration policies, attempt to deliver books, toys to detained children