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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 July 2017 Nations review progress of Sustainable Development Goals
The Sustainable Development Goals are under the spotlight this week at a high-level UN Forum in the US as nations present progress reports on goal implementation.
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Union renewal and development 18 July 2017 Spain: summer school holidays uncover social exclusion
The depth and breadth of social exclusion become more apparent with the beginning of the summer school holidays in Spain, where 30 percent of children live at risk of poverty.
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Union growth 17 July 2017 Saudi Arabia: Call to halt execution of peaceful protestors
Education International strongly urges Saudi Arabian authorities to halt the execution of student Mujtaba’a al-Sweikat and other men facing the death penalty in Saudi Arabia for protest-related offences.
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Union renewal and development 14 July 2017 Tunisian and Arab teachers unions have lost an outstanding activist
Education International mourns the death of Taher Dhaker, former General Secretary of the General Union of Basic Education in Tunisia (SGEB), who passed away on Thursday July 13, 2017 after a short illness.
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Union renewal and development 14 July 2017 Zeynep Güneş and Ümit Aktaş: “We learnt of our dismissal in lists published on the Internet”
Zeynep Güneş and Ümit Aktaş arrived in Istanbul this year from Mardin, a town in south-east Turkey. They taught for several years at the primary school there, including during the war and the curfews. Their arrival in Istanbul signalled a new departure, that began with their marriage in Mardin.
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Union renewal and development 14 July 2017 Context: 1540 Egitim-Sen teachers and academics dismissed
Since the attempted coup in Turkey last summer and the introduction of the state of emergency, which has been in force since July 2016, the government has launched a massive witch hunt to ''rid the country” of so-called “terrorists and traitors".
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Standards and working conditions 14 July 2017 UK: Report fails to address substitute teachers’ conditions
Commenting on the release of the Taylor Review into Modern Working Practices, education unions in the United Kingdom have expressed great disappointment at its failure to address the ongoing exploitation of substitute teachers by many employment agencies.
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Union renewal and development 13 July 2017 International education movement mourns loss of founding father
Education International mourns the death of Wilhelm Ebert (94), education champion and former Head of German EI affiliate Verband Bildung und Erziehung (VBE), and of the World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession.
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Trade union rights are human rights 12 July 2017 France: Unions criticise plans for sick leave waiting period in public sector
EI-affiliated trade union groups in France have strongly criticised the French government's intention to reinstate a waiting day for public service employees in case of sick leave, describing the measure as “ineffective” and “unfair”.
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Union renewal and development 11 July 2017 Mithat Güley: ''I thought about starting a hunger strike''
Mithat Güley taught biology at a high school for 16 years. At the start of the 2016-17 academic year, whilst on his way to school in the small town of Adiyaman, in the south-east of the country, Mithat received a phone call from a friend. He was told his name...
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Union renewal and development 11 July 2017 Ismet Akça: ''I no longer have a passport, I cannot leave the country''
Ismet Akça had been an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Yıldız in Istanbul for 15 years. He has also been a member of the Executive of the university branch of the Eğitim-Sen for many years.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 11 July 2017 Canada: Impact of education privatisation outlined at international seminar
The growing privatisation of public education in Canada - and globally – is of increasing concern to experts at an international seminar in Ottawa.
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Standards and working conditions 10 July 2017 The Philippines: Education union mobilises against low pay
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers has firmly condemned what they see as Filipino public authorities’ anti-teacher statements and policies.
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Standards and working conditions 7 July 2017 Bermuda: Roll-back on commitments in pre-election negotiations
The Bermuda Union of Teachers has condemned what it views as disrespect shown by the government-led public service negotiating team for walking back its agreement reached with union to advance quality education in the country.
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Union renewal and development 6 July 2017 Battle over academic knowledge ownership heats up
International attention is increasingly focusing on the issues created by restricted access to knowledge, an issue also highlighted by Education International at a recent higher education conference.
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Trade union rights are human rights 6 July 2017 UK: teachers need support to tackle pupils’ mental health issues
Teacher unions in the UK have emphasised the need for staff to be supported by qualified healthcare professionals in order to best address mental health issues in students.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 6 July 2017 Australia: teachers are wary of increasing commercialisation in public schools
A new report reflects teachers’ concern about the influence of commercialisation in schools, on everything from the provision of tests through professional development courses for educators.
Australia: teachers are wary of increasing commercialisation in public schools