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The multifaceted union campaign to raise teacher salaries and value the teacher union as a prominent social dialogue partner in Ukraine stands as a compelling example of the power of collective union advocacy and international solidarity.

Education unions in Cape Verde have intensified their advocacy for inclusive quality public education and for the teaching profession through the Go Public! Fund Education campaign.

After more than 13 weeks of strike and nine rounds of negotiations, the teachers’ strike in Mongolia has been called off following a favourable agreement between the Federation of Mongolian Education and Science Unions (FMESU) and Mongolia’s Ministry of Education. Teachers’ basic salary will increase by 50%.

Addressing the Social Forum of the Human Rights Council, Takashi Kajiwara, Education International (EI) Vice-President and President of the Japan Teachers’ Union (JTU), made a powerful case for education as an enabling right that supports the fulfilment of all human rights and that must be fully funded around the world.

Education union leaders from the Pacific Islands came together to share experiences, challenges, and Go Public! Fund Education campaign priorities in their respective countries.

Growing threats to academic freedom and institutional autonomy require education unions to chart collective strategies for their defense. At the Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Academic Freedom and Democracy, unions shared insights and mapped the way forward.

Education International (EI) has issued a strong condemnation of the adoption of Bill 2, or the “Back to School Act,” by the Alberta Government. The legislation and its use of the notwithstanding clause overrides the rights of 51,000 striking teachers.

Thanks to decisive action by the STEB (Education Workers’ Union of Burundi) and support from international partners, 578 children have been able to return to school in the municipality of Ndava, 50 kilometres from Bujumbura the country’s capital. Ndava is currently the scene of an outstanding collective effort to eradicate...

Leaders of Education International (EI) member organisations across North Asia have committed to “organise, organise, organise; day and night” and pledged to “strengthen solidarity across North Asia and to lay the foundations for ongoing cooperation.”

Teachers and education support personnel (ESP) are on strike across the country since October 16th, 2025, urging the government of Mongolia to increase their basic salary to 3.5 million tugriks (around 840 euros) as well as the education budget for 2026.

The 23rd General Assembly of the Ethiopian Teachers’ Association (ETA) convened from October 14th-15th, 2025, bringing together educators and union leaders from across the nation and continent. The event was a call for solidarity, reform, and renewed commitment to quality, inclusive public education.

The National Teachers Association (NTA) is urging the government of Taiwan to listen to teachers and improve their working conditions and to align with the UN Recommendations on the teaching profession and achieve quality education.

Over 7 million people took to the streets of the United States on October 18 to protest the country’s authoritarian slide under Donald Trump. Organised by a civil society coalition that includes Education International member organisations the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), No Kings...

With the support of Education International (EI), national education union SNE/FDT organised a series of activities between May and June 2024 in order to provide solidarity, psychological, educational, and material support to students and school communities affected by the devastating earthquake of 8 September 2023. Three key events were held...

The situation in Madagascar is evolving rapidly amid political changes triggered by major protests in many of the country’s large cities, especially the capital, Antananarivo, which has been affected by water and electricity cuts. FEKRIMPAMA (Christian Federation of Teachers and Education Employees of Madagascar) had called for a general strike...

Ahead of the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP 30), which will take place in Brazil in November 2025, education unionists came together to discuss the priorities of the global education union movement for this event, as well as the way forward beyond COP30.

Academic freedom faces systematic assault worldwide. From arrests and imprisonment in authoritarian states to witch-hunts and curriculum censorship in democracies, the fundamental right to pursue knowledge freely is under threat across all contexts.

On 17 December 2024, a powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck Vanuatu’s capital, Port Vila, leaving a trail of destruction across the island of Efate. Entire communities were shaken to their core as most buildings, including a significant number of classrooms, collapsed or were severely damaged. For many schools, this disaster...