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Trade union rights are human rights 28 October 2014 Hungary: State enters the Classroom
The long arm of the Hungarian government has reached into the country’s classrooms, leaving many fearful that authorities are preparing to tighten their grip on the teaching profession and undermine the role of education unions.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 October 2014 Indonesia: technology enters the classroom
Over 10,000 teachers in Indonesia are set to receive training in information and communications technology after an agreement between the Teachers’ Association of the Republic of Indonesia and various telecom companies.
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Trade union rights are human rights 28 October 2014 Jordan: Arab region workshop highlights trade union and women’s rights
Trade union rights and women’s rights and their implementation were at the forefront of discussions at a recent workshop held by EI in the Arab region.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 27 October 2014 Australia: New report reveals young teachers’ struggle to cope with diversity
According to the latest survey detailing teachers’ concerns, large class sizes, workloads, and worries of inadequate training to deal with the challenges of today’s classrooms were front and centre among issues affecting Australia’s educators.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 October 2014 Ukraine: national protest defends teachers and quality education
With a united voice, trade unions across various sectors are condemning new regulations that may lead to decreasing teacher salaries, job cuts throughout education, and school closures across Ukraine.
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Union renewal and development 23 October 2014 EI’s Executive Board passes resolutions on Ebola and Middle East refugees
Global affairs were a top priority during Education International’s 43rd Executive Board meeting in Brussels, where resolutions targeting the Ebola crisis and refugee children from Syria and Iraq were among many items adopted.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 21 October 2014 Canadian academics heighten calls for fair employment
The theme of this year’s Fair Employment Week, ‘Fair for All,’ highlights the importance of protecting all academic staff, from professors to librarians and researchers, working at universities across Canada.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 21 October 2014 UK: Education unions march against austerity
Around 90,000 trade unionists – including members from Education International’s UK affiliates – took to the streets of London last weekend to march against austerity measures.
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Union renewal and development 20 October 2014 EI Executive Board meets to prepare for World Congress
When Education International’s Executive Board members meet for the 43rd time today in Brussels, a number of important decisions will have to be made, including about next year’s Seventh World Congress and an evaluation of the Unite for Quality Education campaign.
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Equity and inclusion 20 October 2014 France: focus on gender-based violence in schools
Gender-based violence in schools came under the spotlight during International Day of the Girl Child events organised earlier this month in Paris by France’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Plan International France.
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Union renewal and development 20 October 2014 EI remembers Vice President, a leading force for quality education
Education International Vice President, Subramanian Eswaran, who for nearly 60 years led an illustrious career as a teacher, union activist and leader, died this morning at his home in Chennai, India.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 October 2014 EDUCATION, TRAINING and YOUTH FORUM 2014
The third Education, Training and Youth Forum of the European Commission took place on 9-10 October 2014 and brought together stakeholders and social partners to discuss on challenges of implementing and on identifying the future priorities of the Strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training (ET2020).
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Union renewal and development 17 October 2014 ETUCE Committee – Preparing the ETUCE Special Conference
On 13 to 14 October 2014, the members of the ETUCE Committee met in Brussels for their autumn meeting. With a minute’s silence the Committee commemorated the deceased colleagues and fellow unionists, Monica Rodrigues, ATL, UK and Agnes Breda, UNSA-Education, France, and staff member of the EI head office in...
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Standards and working conditions 17 October 2014 Education unions celebrate teachers throughout Asia-Pacific
Events across the Asia-Pacific region, including an eclectic crowd of teachers, students, parents, and monks in Cambodia, brought together various unions and organisations to mark World Teachers’ Day.
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Standards and working conditions 17 October 2014 Annual Eurydice report on teachers’ and school heads’ salaries
This year’s edition of the annual Eurydice report on teachers’ and school heads’ salaries and allowances shows that about half of the 33 surveyed European countries have applied salary cuts or salary freezes for public employees during the period 2009-2014. In these countries, teachers’ purchasing power in 2014 is still...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 October 2014 Successful Round Table Meeting in Vilnius
On 1 October 2014 the ETUCE held the 4th Round Table Meeting in Vilnius to promote social dialogue in the education sector. The meeting was conducted at a very opportune and important time as the trade unions and the Ministry of Education and Science are currently in comprehensive negotiations about...
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Trade union rights are human rights 17 October 2014 Sierra Leone: Teachers learning to cope with Ebola
The Ebola epidemic has brought education to a halt in Sierra Leone, shuttering classrooms across the country, leaving all teachers, children, and communities affected as the disease continues to claim lives.
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Trade union rights are human rights 17 October 2014 General strike in Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) off the agenda for now
A strike in FYROM's education sector announced by ETUCE's Macedonian member organisation SONK on 29 September 2014 was averted at the very last moment. Following ETUCE's written intervention at the Macedonian Ministry of Education and ETUCE's ad hoc meeting with SONK in Skopje, the Ministry had suddenly agreed to return...
General strike in Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) off the agenda for now