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Standards and working conditions 7 June 2012 New Zealand: successful campaign prevents class size increase
The Government of New Zealand has backed down on a proposal to increase class sizes after a major campaign led by EI’s affiliate, the New Zealand Educational Institute Te Riu Roa (NZEI), which mobilised support from people across the whole country.
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Standards and working conditions 7 June 2012 Uganda: Education unionists demand fair and decent salary
One of EI’s national affiliates, the Uganda National Teachers Union (UNATU) teachers has rejected a pay rise proposed by the Education Ministry in its budgetary proposal for the financial year 2012-13, as “inhuman and undermining teachers’ dignity.”The 15% salary increase promised to teachers is insignificant in the context of a...
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Trade union rights are human rights 5 June 2012 ILO Conference: EI outraged at employers attack on ILO system
The International Organisation of Employers (IOE) has impeded the discussion of some of the worst cases of workers’ rights violations at the annual International Labour Organisation (ILO) Conference, held in Geneva from 30 May-15 June.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 June 2012 Educators join public sector strike in Norway
The Union of Education Norway (UEN), one of EI national affiliate, has joined in a strike action in defence of quality public services, as well as decent salaries and working conditions for public sector workers.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 June 2012 New blog post: how the neoliberal agenda led to the education crisis
The newly launched Education in Crisis website has been updated with a new blog post by Steven Klees, Professor of International and Comparative Education at the University of Maryland. Prof. Klees looks at the roots of the current economic crisis and how the neoliberal agenda led to an education crisis.
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Standards and working conditions 4 June 2012 Ghana: Trade unions concerned about educators’ wages
Delays in negotiating allowance categories for public sector workers in Ghana are adversely affecting the morale of teachers. That’s according to the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), an EI affiliate in Ghana. The National Executive of another EI affiliate, the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), has also expressed...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 1 June 2012 EI launches platform to effectively counter crisis in education
Education throughout the world is in crisis. In many countries the current economic crisis is having a devastating effect on education. Public funding for education is being cut severely, resulting in cutbacks in staffing, in salaries, in pensions and in support services.
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Trade union rights are human rights 31 May 2012 ILO Conference: Visa denied to EI Executive Board member
Senen Niño Avendaño, President of the Federación Colombiana de Educadores (FECODE) and a member of the EI Executive Board, together with two other leaders of the Colombian teachers’ union, has been refused an entry visa to Switzerland where they were to participate in the Conference of the International Labour Organisation...
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Trade union rights are human rights 30 May 2012 Turkey: Strikes in protest at wages and bargaining process
Hundreds of thousands of public workers participated in a nationwide public sector strike in Turkey on 23 May, according to EI national affiliate E?itim Sen.
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Union renewal and development 29 May 2012 EI welcomes the election of Guy Ryder as Director-General of the ILO
General Secretary Fred van Leeuwen congratulated Guy Ryder on his election to a five-year term at the helm of the UN tripartite labour organisation.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 May 2012 UK: Historic joint agreement launched
Two of the UK’s biggest trade unions have launched an historic joint agreement committing the trade unions to work together to protect teachers and defend education. The two unions, both EI affiliates, are the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT).
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Standards and working conditions 25 May 2012 Education unionists call for stronger recognition of school leadership function
Education unionists and school leaders from around the world have called for stronger recognition of the school leadership function and its role in promoting quality education.
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Equity and inclusion 25 May 2012 Colombia: Show of strength to eradicate child labour
Common strategies to influence public policy to eradicate child labour must be articulated by education unions. This is essential for the promotion and defence of education as a fundamental right.
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Standards and working conditions 24 May 2012 Kenya: Pay and teacher shortages at top of union agenda
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), one of EI’s national affiliates, has been strongly advocating for a 300 per cent pay rise, and is carrying out a survey on the shortage of educators in the country and its impact on the delivery of quality education. In January, KNUT also...
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Standards and working conditions 23 May 2012 Tunisia: Strikes to improve education system and teachers’ status
Primary school teachers throughout Tunisia answered the call of the Syndicat général de l'enseignement de base (SGEB), one of the national affiliates of EI, to hold a successful one-day strike on 16 May with an 85 per cent participation rate. The trade union is fighting to improve the education system...
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Standards and working conditions 22 May 2012 Education unionists to share experiences and strategies on school leadership
EI and its European Region, the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE), are jointly organising a European-Global Conference on School Leadership in Dublin, Ireland, from 23-25 May. This event, hosted by Irish teacher unions, aims at sharing experiences and developing education union strategies to improve school leadership policy and...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 22 May 2012 G8 leaders call for investment in education
Education International welcomes the emphasis placed on investments in education by the leaders of eight of the world richest countries in their statement at the end of the G8 Summit at Camp David.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 21 May 2012 Canada: Quebec’s “special law” violates students’ rights
EI national affiliates, the Confédération des syndicats du Québec (CSQ), the Fédération nationale des enseignantes et des enseignants du Québec (FNEEQ-CSN), and the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) have strongly condemned Quebec’s Bill 78. This legislation, tabled to end the 14-week student strike, violates fundamental freedoms of association, assembly,...
Canada: Quebec’s “special law” violates students’ rights