Ei-iE

Union renewal and development

We bring together our member organisations to discuss and share experiences, good practices and ideas on responding to collective challenges. Together we are building the education unions of the future: mass participation organisations that reflect the diverse interests and identities of their members and offer educators a multitude of ways to engage and contribute.

Our work in this area

  1. 24 March 2011

    World Day for Decent Work

    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
  2. 24 March 2011

    European day of action: no cuts, more growth

    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
  3. News 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.

    EI launches Japan earthquake and tsunami fund
  4. News 17 March 2011

    Japan: EI expresses solidarity with victims and families of disaster

    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
  5. Worlds of Education

    Career & internship opportunities

    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...

    Career & internship opportunities
  6. News 1 March 2011

    ETUCE Committee elects new Vice President

    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
  7. News 24 February 2011

    New Zealand: Unions support teachers after massive earthquake

    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
  8. News 11 February 2011

    Tunisia: Education resumes while activists continue to mobilise

    Students and teachers across Tunisia have resumed their classes after weeks of protests that brought down the government of former President Ben Ali, but the debates continue about how to shape a new Tunisia.

    Tunisia: Education resumes while activists continue to mobilise
  9. News 9 February 2011

    First meeting of new EI Region

    The Bureau of the newly created EI Region, the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE), has convened in Brussels, Belgium.

    First meeting of new EI Region
  10. News 3 February 2011

    UK: Training of teachers vital to managing pupil behaviour

    The National Union of Teachers has responded to a parliamentary Education Committee report into behaviour and discipline in schools by demanding that teachers have access to continuous professional development.

    UK: Training of teachers vital to managing pupil behaviour