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Teachers and university professors in Greece are planning a new wave of strikes in September after seeing their pay and benefits cut by the equivalent of two months of pay a year. Hundreds of thousands of people, including teachers, have been demonstrating on the streets of Greece over the last...

Members of the National Teachers Association of Liberia (NTAL) have launched a campaign for a decent living wage for all school teachers and education workers. Professional teachers currently earn as little as US$100 per month – which is an inadequate sum to survive on in a country where food prices...

EI and Amnesty International are calling for the release of Jalila al-Salman and Mahdi Issa Mahdi Abu Dheeb, two members of the Bahrain Teachers' Association (BTA) who were arrested during the unrest in March and April 2011. They remain incarcerated awaiting trial in a civilian court, which has been postponed...

Teachers in Sierra Leone have had their pay rise blocked by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Despite the fact that teachers can earn as little as US$50 per month in Sierra Leone which is wholly inadequate to sustain one person, let alone to provide for an entire family, an IMF...

Former New York schools boss, Joel Klein, has been brought in by the media tycoon Rupert Murdoch to try and sort out the scandal which has engulfed his company in recent weeks.

RadioLabour is the international labour movement's radio service. On the occasion of Education International's Congress, RadioLabour broadcast a special report. Listen to EI President, Susan Hopgood, EI Vice-President for Africa, Irene Duncan-Adanusa, NAPTOSA General Secretary, Henry Hendricks, and SADTU General Secretary, Mugwena Maluleke, as they discuss the main topics pertaining...

During his address to Education International's 6th World Congress in Cape Town, South Africa, EI General Secretary, Fred van Leeuwen, has encouraged educators from all over the world, gathered at the meeting, to become active and mobilise in order to confront the challenges the international teacher trade union movement faces.

During her address to Education International's 6th World Congress in Cape Town, South Africa, EI President, Susan Hopgood, has called on educators from all over the world, gathered at the meeting, to stand together and fight the challenges that lie ahead of the international teacher trade union movement.

Education International has honoured two outstanding teachers during an awards ceremony which took place at its 6th World Congress in Cape Town, South Africa. Pauline Ladouceur received the Albert Shanker Education Award while Gülçin Isbert was given the Mary Hatwood Futrell Human and Trade Union Rights Award in absentia.

Bob Harris, the Senior Consultant to EI’s General Secretary, who will retire at the end of the sixth EI World Congress after a distinguished career serving teachers around the world, delivered a moving address in which he thanked teachers and education unions who have worked together for international unity.

Over the course of EI’s sixth World Congress delegates are receiving a daily newsletter which features highlights of events that took place on the previous day.

EI's Twitter page is receiving regular tweets in real-time from participants taking part in activities at the sixth World Congress in Cape Town, South Africa. Have a look to see what attendees are saying about speeches from key note speakers, plenaries, and breakout sessions about the future of the education...

In a rousing call to action, Kumi Naidoo, Executive Director of Greenpeace, told Congress participants to challenge the threat to education services “peacefully, principally and courageously.”

In a rousing call to action, Kumi Naidoo, Executive Director of Greenpeace International, told 1,800 participants at EI’s sixth World Congress in Cape Town, South Africa, to challenge the threat to education services “peacefully, principally and courageously”.

Over the course of EI’s sixth World Congress delegates are receiving a daily newsletter which features highlights of events that took place on the previous day.

EI's Flickr page is regularly updated with photos from the wide range of activities taking place at the sixth World Congress in Cape Town, South Africa. Have a look to see key note speakers and participants engaging in lively debates about the future of the education profession.

Facing political, economic and ideological attacks, how can we become stronger together? Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the ITUC, explored this question with four panellists at EI's World Congress.

EI Deputy General Secretary, Jan Eastman, encouraged 80 participants in the inclusive education breakout session to devise practical union-based experiences that respect children's diverse experiences and realities in order to secure Education for All (EFA).