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Trade union rights are human rights 29 July 2014 Europe: Education unions highlight gaps in new EU Framework on Health and Safety
EI’s European Region, the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE), has issued a position paper expressing its concerns about social dialogue and gender issues in the recently issued European Commission’s Framework on Health and Safety at Work 2014-2020.
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Trade union rights are human rights 29 July 2014 Cameroon: Trade union rights being attacked
Cameroon's teacher unions have condemned sanctions imposed by public authorities in Cameroon which threaten the exercise of their trade union rights by workers.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 July 2014 Germany: Early childhood educators deserve better conditions of employment
The work done by educators in day care centres (Kitas) in Germany must receive greater recognition. That’s according to Verband Bildung und Erziehung (VBE), one of EI’s national affiliates, in a statement issued on 25 July.
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Trade union rights are human rights 28 July 2014 Nigeria: Teachers fighting for security and minimum wage
Teachers in Benue State in Nigeria have finally gone back to work after an eight-month strike in the struggle for payment of the minimum wage. And now teachers in the Kogi State are on strike, as some have not been paid at all for four months.
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Trade union rights are human rights 25 July 2014 Gaza: Schools should be safe havens
Yesterday an UNRWA school in Gaza was struck by a missile, killing fifteen persons, mostly women and children, and leaving many injured.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 July 2014 One step closer to quality education for all
After more than a year of fighting for a stand-alone goal on education in the post-2015 agenda, EI reached an important milestone in New York last week as the UN Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals met for its final session.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 July 2014 Europe: Investment in education is condition for growth
On the occasion of the opening of the new European parliament, the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE), Education International’s regional organisation for Europe, has issued a statement demanding that European leaders prioritise investment in education as the most effective way to increase economic growth in Europe and to...
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Union renewal and development 23 July 2014 Education International sends condolences to families of victims on flight MH17
In a letter to the Government of The Netherlands, Education International has expressed its condolences to the families and friends of the passengers from many different nations killed last week in the downing of the Malaysian Airlines flight in Ukraine.
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Union renewal and development 18 July 2014 Kuala Lumpur regional office hiring coordinator
Education International (Equal Opportunity Employer) invites applications for the post of Regional Coordinator (temporary post).
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Union growth 18 July 2014 Ceasefire call in Gaza must be respected
"To date more than 40 Gaza children have been killed in Israeli airstrikes. With the recent murder of three Israeli teenagers and the killing of a Palestinian teenager, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is becoming a war on children."
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 18 July 2014 EI launches world-wide photo action
What does quality education actually look like? Education International is launching its first world-wide photo action, as part of the Unite for Quality Education campaign. Its aim is to capture the variety of teaching and learning conditions that can be found in different countries and regions.
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Trade union rights are human rights 18 July 2014 Join in the 100 Days action for release of kidnapped Nigerian girls
EI invites member organisations and concerned citizens to join in a call on 23 July to mark the 100th day since the abduction of the girls of Chibok, 219 of whom are still missing, held captive by Boko Haram.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 July 2014 Francophonie: Ministers support quality education in post-2015 agenda
An EI delegation attended the 56th Ministerial Session of the Conférence des Ministres de l’Education des Etats et gouvernements membres de la Francophonie (CONFEMEN) held in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, from 10-12 July, under the theme: “Inclusive education and quality education for all: challenges, priorities and perspectives for the post-2015 agenda”.
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Union renewal and development 17 July 2014 Myanmar: EI leads exploratory mission
EI’s Asia-Pacific Regional Office (EIAP) led a very successful fact-finding mission to Myanmar recently. The EIAP team were in Yangon from 30 June-2 July to check available data and get basic field information, and to assess and proceed to a critical analysis of the country’s current situation, specifically concerning the...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 15 July 2014 USA: AFT elects its leaders
Delegates at the American Federation of Teachers’ (AFT) national convention have voted overwhelmingly to re-elect AFT President Randi Weingarten for a third term. Lorretta Johnson was also re-elected Secretary-Treasurer, and Mary Cathryn Ricker was chosen to succeed Executive Vice-President Francine Lawrence, who plans to retire this year.
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Trade union rights are human rights 15 July 2014 New report shows educators are targets in armed conflict
Attacks on teachers and other educators are a disturbingly common tactic of war and a serious threat to education, the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) says in a new study released on 14 July. The report, Protecting Education Personnel from Targeted Attack in Conflict-Affected Countries, describes how...
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Union growth 14 July 2014 Legal dispute in Georgia over ESFTUG election results ended after four years
On 11 July 2014, a judicial decision by the Appeals Court in Tbilisi has finally resolved the legal battle over the legitimacy of the election of Maia Kobakhidze, President of the Educators and Scientists Free Trade Union of Georgia (ESFTUG).
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Trade union rights are human rights 14 July 2014 Uncertain Future for Maternity Leave Directive
On 15 July 2014, the European Parliament debated the European Commission’s suggestion to withdraw the proposed maternity leave directive and to not take it up again in the next legislature. Many MEPs urged the Commission and the Council of Ministers to resume talks with Parliament.
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