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EI’s Communication’s unit brought together counterparts from affiliate members in Europe and North America at the annual EI Communicators’ Network (ComNet)meeting in Brussels, Belgium, from 21-22 September 2010.
Communications specialists gather to promote teacher unions
In its new report Education at Glance 2010, the OECD presents a vast array of statistics relating to education in its 33 member countries. The report should be given close scrutiny by education unions as it has traditionally been used to argue for more efficient spending and further strengthening of...
OECD’s Education at a Glance 2010: what can unions learn?
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.
Countdown begins with action plan for Congress 2011
Trade union organisations all over the world mobilised on the occasion of World Day for Decent Work, organised every 7 October, by the International Trade Union Confederation.
World Day for Decent Work
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) staged a Day of Action on 29 September 2010 to show unified opposition to austerity measures being adopted by governments across Europe.
European day of action: no cuts, more growth
EI has begun its 4-day Executive Board meeting in Cape Town from 21-24 March.
International teacher trade unionists gather to debate ‘building the future through quality education for all’
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.
EI launches Japan earthquake and tsunami fund
Education International has sent a message of support to its affiliate in Japan after a devastating earthquake hit the north-east of the country on 11 March, triggering a massive tsunami and causing extensive damage and loss of life.
Japan: EI expresses solidarity with victims and families of disaster
Education International is an independent global union federation that is run by its member organisations representing more than 32 million education workers. At Congress every four years, officers and an Executive Committee are elected. The EI Secretariat, working under the elected General Secretary, consists of a staff of seventy people...
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At its two-day meeting in Brussels, Belgium, the ETUCE Committee has elected Monika Konczyk, from NSZZ Solidarnosc, in Poland, as the new Vice President for the Europe Region of Education International.
ETUCE Committee elects new Vice President
EI affiliates in New Zealand are bringing urgent relief to teachers and students in communities that were badly affected by a devastating earthquake, measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale, which struck the region around Christchurch on 22 February.
New Zealand: Unions support teachers after massive earthquake