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Standards and working conditions 9 September 2011 Obama responds to union challenge on jobs by promising to invest in education
In a passionate address to both houses of Congress, U.S. President Barack Obama has unveiled his plan to reenergize job creation in the stagnant U.S. economy. The president proposed a major investment in the nation’s infrastructure, including a fund to help modernize America’s school buildings – an idea strongly supported...
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Standards and working conditions 8 September 2011 Latin America stands in solidarity with Chile
EI’s Regional Office in Latin America called on teacher unionists across the continent to assemble in front of Chilean embassies on 8 September in solidarity with the country’s people who are engaged in an ongoing battle for quality public education.
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Trade union rights are human rights 7 September 2011 Swaziland: Unions demand democracy now
Teacher trade unionists across the globe have found little to cheer about Swaziland as it marks its Independence Day, on 6 September, with a litany of attacks on basic freedom and workers' rights.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 September 2011 International Literacy Day: Teaching for peace and equality
On 8 September, International Literacy Day, EI is emphasising the importance of quality teacher training to achieve peace and equality through education, and calls on all governments to live up to their commitment to invest in teacher development and education for all.
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Standards and working conditions 6 September 2011 Congo: Union demands action to defend teachers’ conditions
The Syndicat des enseignants du Congo (SYECO), an EI affiliate in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has called for urgent action by the national authorities to accept teachers’ demands for a salary increase.
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Standards and working conditions 6 September 2011 North American teachers celebrate Labour Day
Teachers across Canada and the USA have used the annual Labour Day celebration, which falls on the first Monday of September, to honour the social and economic achievements of workers.
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Union renewal and development 5 September 2011 ILO study examines remedies for financial crisis
The International Labour Organisation's Bureau for Workers' Activities (ILO/ACTRAV) has published the proceedings of a conference it held where researchers assessed evidence from the beginning of the global crisis to identify which policies would work best for the challenges ahead.
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Climate action and literacy 2 September 2011 Uganda: Energy and climate education on the governmental agenda
Ugandan national authorities have launched an Energy and Climate Change awareness-raising campaign in schools to create an energy- and environment-conscious new generation.
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Leading the profession 2 September 2011 EI Research Institute study: Equity is a fundamental value of public education
EI has published an exciting new study looking at equity issues concerning teachers and students. The work was commissioned by the EI Research Institute to a team of researchers, led by Dr. Elizabeth Wood, at the University of Exeter.
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Equity and inclusion 1 September 2011 France: teacher union defends mention of gender theory in textbooks
UNSA-Education, a French EI affiliate, has denounced a call to censure secondary-level textbooks mentioning gender theory, explaining the relationships between sexuality, gender roles and cultural backgrounds.
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Standards and working conditions 30 August 2011 Spain: public education is paying for the crisis
In a letter to secondary school teachers in Madrid, the city’s region mayor, Esperanza Aguirre, called on teachers’ ‘sense of duty’ in this time of crisis to do two more contact hours a week from the beginning of the new school year.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 30 August 2011 UK: GCSE results show great achievements by students and teachers
The General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, Christine Blower, has commented on the publication of this year’s GCSE results, saying “GCSE results this year are outstanding and the hard work that has gone into them should be applauded.”
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Union growth 23 August 2011 Chile mobilises for Public Education
In recent months, Chilean civil society has organised en masse to defend the right to public education for all.
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Union renewal and development 12 August 2011 Congress resolutions and documents now available online
Resolutions and other documents adopted by the Sixth World Congress, held in Cape Town, South Africa, on 22-26 July 2011, are now available on-line to download.
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Trade union rights are human rights 11 August 2011 Bahrain: EI calls for detained teachers to be released
Education International has issued a new appeal to Bahraini authorities to release Jalila al-Salman and Mahdi 'Issa Mahdi Abu Dheeb, Vice-President and President of the Bahraini Teachers Association (BTA) arrested along with several other board members of the BTA. Education International (EI) issued a first Urgent Action Appeal in April...
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Leading the profession 10 August 2011 UK: New analysis highlights education divide
Research undertaken by one of EI’s British affiliates, the University and College Union (UCU), has highlighted significant disparities in educational achievement among different areas of the same cities across the nation.
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Union renewal and development 10 August 2011 Equal Education celebrates tenth library opening
Equal Education has celebrated the opening of its tenth library, established through the Bookery Project, at Kayamandi High School in Kayamandi, South Africa.
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Standards and working conditions 9 August 2011 USA: Education workers demonstrate against privatisation
Thousands of students, teachers and education advocates from across the USA have gathered in the capital, Washington DC, for the ‘Save Our Schools’ march and rally to demonstrate against privatisation and to stand up for public schools.
USA: Education workers demonstrate against privatisation