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Fighting the commercialisation of education 23 January 2015 The Macedonian Ministry of Education has replaced social dialogue with threats and oppression
On Monday 26 January 2015, ETUCE European Director Martin Rømer will travel to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to help seeking for a solution in the current severe labour conflict in the education sector. For many months, the social dialogue about several pending and urgent labour issues has been...
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Trade union rights are human rights 22 January 2015 Teachers’ strike highlights Kenya’s education challenges
A Kenyan school made global headlines on Monday when children, some as young as seven, protesting against the seizure of their playground by property developers, were tear-gassed by police.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 January 2015 Why teens are twice as likely to be out of school as primary school-age children
A new report by UNESCO and UNICEF reveals that ‘business as usual’ in education policies is the main obstacle in the way of realising universal primary and secondary education, especially when it comes to teenagers.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 16 January 2015 France turns to education in an effort to strengthen common values
In response to the attacks that plunged France into mourning and reflection, the country’s education minister met with education unions, as well as parents and students, to identify the best ways of re-establishing shared values.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 15 January 2015 European unions: education is a public good, not a commodity
Keeping public services, including education, out of potential trade pacts is priority number one of unions from across Europe as they meet in Vienna to challenge the liberalisation agenda.
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Trade union rights are human rights 14 January 2015 Anti-slavery petition sends clear message to UN Secretary General
When Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kailash Satyarthi handed over a petition against child slavery to UN General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon, he did so with the support of half-a-million signatures and the backing of Education International.
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Standards and working conditions 13 January 2015 UK: education suffers as graduates shun teaching for higher paying jobs
Children’s entitlement to a high-quality education is at risk because of the widening pay gap between teaching and other professions, according to research commissioned by the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 January 2015 Belgium: Unions ready to participate in Pact for Excellence in Education
Trade unions in Belgium have responded positively to the announcement of the Pact for Excellence in Education by the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, one of Belgium’s three federal communities. However, the unions have also set out conditions for their support.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 January 2015 Keeping a close eye on education development after 2015
Even as the Global Monitoring Report prepares to launch this year’s Education For All results in April, it is already looking beyond to 2016 and how education lines up beside the next Sustainable Development Goals.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 January 2015 Opinion: The Right to a Good Teacher
Education International’s Antonia Wulff explains why a teacher target is a necessary and perfectly feasible feature of the post-2015 education agenda in the latest Network for international policies and cooperation in education and training newsletter.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 January 2015 New Zealand: Major new agreement paves the way to children's educational success
Trade unionists and the Ministry of Education have agreed to work together on a new initiative that supports children’s education at every level of their learning.
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Equity and inclusion 8 January 2015 Upholding the inalienable right to freedom of expression at all costs
As the search continues for those responsible for yesterday’s horrific acts in Paris, trade unionists and other people across the democratic world have been forced to come to terms with a vicious attack on their right to freedom of expression.
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Union growth 8 January 2015 What the teachers of Kenya are fighting for
The fight for decent living conditions and fair salaries are behind the closure of schools in Kenya following the walkout of the country’s public school teachers who are calling for an acceptable collective bargaining agreement.
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Union growth 7 January 2015 Denmark’s unions receive ILO support in lockout case
The Danish Union of Teachers has secured significant endorsement for its actions in a recent ILO decision following a complaint made by the union last August about the government’s intervention in the collective bargaining process.
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Equity and inclusion 6 January 2015 In the U.S., educators mobilise for unaccompanied minors’ health, educational, safety and legal needs to be met
The number of unaccompanied children apprehended at the U.S. Southern border, which was 5,200 in 2012, has swelled to more than 52,000 in 2014, according to the resolution recently adopted by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), entitled «International Humanitarian Crisis At The U.S. Border».
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 January 2015 New Year’s resolution: 365 opportunities to make education fairer and better
With only 12 months left to accomplish the Millennium Development Goals, set in 2000, the New Year comes with a wide range of challenges and opportunities for global education.
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Union growth 5 January 2015 Ukraine: trade unions give government cuts a resounding ‘thumbs down’
Over ten thousand trade union members, most of them public sector workers, along with youth groups and students, packed the streets of Kiev to rally against government cuts to social programmes.
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Union renewal and development 22 December 2014 Greece: at age 90 OLME is honoured for mobilising against austerity
As education quality suffers and teachers' salaries no longer provides for a decent living, "I tell young colleagues who take on a job on the Greek islands, that they better also learn how to fish."
Greece: at age 90 OLME is honoured for mobilising against austerity