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Equity and inclusion 26 October 2011 Working together for Indigenous Peoples’ rights
EI’s Regional Office in Latin America in cooperation with the Union of Education in Norway have released a joint publication focused on the situation of Public Education for Indigenous peoples.
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Standards and working conditions 25 October 2011 2012 International Summit on the Teaching Profession: EI to host global education leaders
EI will join the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the United States (U.S.) Department of Education to hold the second ever International Summit on the Teaching Profession in New York City, from 14-15 March. Next year’s summit will focus on ‘Preparing teachers and developing school leaders’.
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Trade union rights are human rights 25 October 2011 Bahrain: Teacher leaders under threat of torture
EI has relaunched its Urgent Action Appeal on Bahrain. bahraini teachers fear for the safety of their leaders, after the heavy-handed arrest of their vice president Jalila al-Salman.
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Standards and working conditions 24 October 2011 Spain: Teachers protest cuts to education budgets
A mass demonstration of teachers, parents and students from all over Spain occupied the centre of Madrid on Saturday sending a warning to the authorities: Don’t slash our education budget!
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Standards and working conditions 20 October 2011 Spain: Unions march for public education
On 22 October, teaching unions have organised a march through Madrid to protest against the public education cuts being imposed by autonomous regional authorities within the country.
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Standards and working conditions 20 October 2011 Algeria: Educators demand decent work and quality education
EI’s Algerian member, UNPEF, has concluded a national strike in which it was joined by other teachers’ unions in a dispute over pay.
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Standards and working conditions 19 October 2011 Lebanon: Teachers demand minimum wage increase
The Teacher Unions’ Coordination Committee of Lebanon, which includes the EI affiliates: Teachers Syndicate in Lebanon (TSL) and League of Public Secondary School teachers in Lebanon (LPESPL), have issued a joint statement confirming a national strike and sit-in outside the Council of Ministers’ offices on 19 October to oppose the...
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Union growth 19 October 2011 Unions support the 'Occupy Wall Street' movement
EI is giving its support to the massive popular protest ‘Occupy Wall Street’ which is a movement for economic justice that is spreading across the United States and the world.
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Union growth 18 October 2011 Bahrain: Education union leader calls for international solidarity
Jalila Al-Salman, Vice-President of the EI-affiliated Bahraini Teachers’ Association (BTA), has called on the international community to support teachers’ legitimate struggle for human and trade unions rights.
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Standards and working conditions 18 October 2011 Mali: New study reveals serious teacher quality challenges
More than half of primary school teachers in Mali are without a basic teaching qualification and the competences required to deliver quality education, according to a new study commissioned by EI and Oxfam Novib.
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Standards and working conditions 17 October 2011 New Zealand: Government takes up union concerns on workload
The New Zealand Post Primary Teachers' Association (PPTA) President, Robin Duff, has welcomed the Minister of Education’s positive response to teachers’ concerns about workload in relation to the country's national certificate of educational achievement (NCEA).
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 October 2011 France: Unions oppose government plan to test pupils from pre-school
EI's French affiliates, SE-UNSA and SNUIPP, have condemned a government plan to ask teachers to test children as young as five on their behaviour and learning abilities.
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Union growth 14 October 2011 Bahrain: Union leader moved to Jaw prison
Education International has been informed that the Bahraini Teachers Association's (BTA) president, Mahdi 'Issa Mahdi Abu Dheeb (49 years of age) has been transferred to Jaw prison, Bahrain’s only men's prison, on October 12.
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Standards and working conditions 12 October 2011 Kuwait: Teachers act against extended school hours
Education unionists from the EI-affiliated Kuwait Teachers’ Society (KTS) have shown their opposition to proposals to extend the number of school opening hours by protesting in front of the Ministry of Education.
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Standards and working conditions 11 October 2011 Greece: Teachers on strike against austerity
Greek teachers have joined other public sector workers from all over the country to take part in strike action this week to protest against radical cuts that have been proposed by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund and implemented by the Greek government.
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Union growth 10 October 2011 Bahrain: UN concerned about court sentences for teacher leaders
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has voiced concern at the harsh sentences handed down by a military court to the two leaders of the EI Bahraini teacher association, 20 medical staff and at least 32 other individuals.
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Standards and working conditions 7 October 2011 World Day for Decent Work: Workers mobilise to demand decent jobs
With unprecedented public demand for decent jobs, and pressure mounting on banks and the finance industry, the 2011 World Day for Decent Work today features over 400 actions across more than 80 countries.
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Standards and working conditions 7 October 2011 Dominican Republic: Investment in public education now!
Teachers’ unions in the Dominican Republic have mobilised the entire population to lobby the government to invest four per cent of its GDP into education.
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