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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 January 2014 Francophone unions re-commit to quality education
EI’s affiliate unions in the Bureau of the Comité Syndical Francophone de l’Education et de la Formation (CSFEF) have pledged their involvement in EI’s flagship campaigns throughout 2014 and reiterated their commitment to free and compulsory public education for all. These assurances were made at the recent CSFEF meeting in...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 22 January 2014 Brazil: Union to tackle non-education issues in 2014
‘Education, development and social inclusion’ was the theme of the 32nd Congress of the Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores em Educação (CNTE), EI’s affiliate in Brazil, held from 16-19 January in Brasilia.
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Trade union rights are human rights 21 January 2014 Cambodia: EI requests the immediate release of teacher union leader Rong Chhun
Mr Rong Chhun, President of the Cambodia Independent Teachers' Association (CITA) and of the Cambodian Confederation of Unions (CCU) was arrested by the police on 21 January while attending a workers’ meeting in Phnom Penh.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 January 2014 UK: Union dismisses employers’ hypocrisy over damage to students’ education
The University and College Union (UCU), one of EI’s national affiliates in the UK, has announced plans for a series of two-hour strikes beginning on 23 January aimed at disrupting teaching at universities as part of a row over pay. Education unionists have also condemned that claim by the Universities...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 January 2014 UK: Union dismisses employers’ hypocrisy over damage to students’ education
The University and College Union (UCU), one of EI’s national affiliates in the UK, has announced plans for a series of two-hour strikes beginning on 23 January aimed at disrupting teaching at universities as part of a row over pay. Education unionists have also condemned that claim by the Universities...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 January 2014 US: Call for Government to increase funds for quality education worldwide
It is time for the United States to consider pledging substantially more to the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Fund. That’s according to the RESULTS Educational Fund, a non-profit citizen’s advocacy organisation based in Washington, D.C., USA. RESULTS is committed to educating the public, the media, and government leaders about...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 January 2014 UK: Unions welcome Labour’s commitment to quality teachers
Two of EI’s national affiliates in the UK, the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT), have reacted to speeches by Tristram Hunt, UK Shadow Education Secretary. They reiterated their support for a Qualified Teacher Status and a continuing professional development...
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Trade union rights are human rights 14 January 2014 EI releases major study documenting collective bargaining in the education sector
Since the financial crisis in 2008, trade unions have faced unprecedented challenges to maintain existing rights and to strengthen collective bargaining provisions. An important new study by Education International provides a valuable insight into the disturbing trends in freedom of association and collective bargaining in the education sector in many...
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Leading the profession 14 January 2014 Africa: Research key to effective advocacy
Developing unions’ capacity to undertake research, and broadening existing research activities, across Africa, was the focus of a recent EI Regional Research Network meeting.
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Equity and inclusion 13 January 2014 Montenegro: LGBT in curriculas
Center for civic education and LGBT Forum Progress have, with the support of Council of Europe, published a book "Montenegrin educational policy and sexual orientation : representation of LGBT topics in school curricula and textbooks" by the author mr Aleksandar Sasa Zekovic
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 January 2014 Austerity stripping away Europe's human rights, watchdog says
Commissioner for Human Rights releases a research paper on the impact of the economic crisis on the protection of human rights.
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Equity and inclusion 13 January 2014 New ETUCE Project: Promoting gender equality within teacher trade unions and in the teaching profession II
In 2014, EI's European region, the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE), is turning towards the issue of participation and leadership of women and men in teacher unions and in the teaching profession.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 January 2014 New ETUCE Project: Promoting the potentials of the European sectoral social dialogue in education by addressing new challenges and exploring experience and knowledge
From this week to the end of 2014 ETUCE will be working on a new social dialogue project: “Promoting the potentials of the European sectoral social dialogue in education by addressing new challenges and exploring experience and knowledge”. The aim of the project is to expand the knowledge of the...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 January 2014 New ETUCE Project: Development of teacher unions’ expertise on exiting the crisis through quality education
In December 2013, a new ETUCE project was launched to tackle the issue of ‘Developing teacher unions’ expertise on exiting the crisis through quality education’, with the objective of addressing the global EU policy aim of exiting from the crisis through improved expertise in industrial relations and social dialogue.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 January 2014 Germany: Inclusion requires joint implementation by federal, state and local governments
“Promoting individuals. How does it work?” This was the motto for the recent German Teachers’ Day, which saw over 1,000 teachers gathering in Dortmund. The day – a nationwide training day for teachers at all levels - was organised by EI affiliate Verband Bildung und Erziehung (VBE). As in previous...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 January 2014 Nouveau rapport Eurydice sur l’Enseignement et la formation en Europe 2020
Eurydice a publié un nouveau rapport: Enseignement et formation en Europe 2020 - Réponses des Etats membres
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Union renewal and development 10 January 2014 Sweden: Teacher union donates over €5k to EI’s Solidarity Fund
Instead of sending each of its members a Christmas card, the EI affiliated Swedish Teachers’ Union, Lärarförbundet, decided to give 50,000 Swedish Krona (around €5,600) to EI’s Solidarity Fund.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 January 2014 Nigeria: Education union sponsors professional training
EI’s national affiliate, the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), has sponsored 400 teachers to upgrade their professional skills.
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