Our work in this area
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News 18 September 2018 France: education is no longer a priority for the government
The French education unions have criticised the announcement made by Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer regarding a cut of 1,800 teaching positions in secondary education in the 2019 budget, despite larger numbers of students being accepted.
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News 14 September 2018 UK: Employers misuse data rules to stifle workers’ rights
Some employers in the UK are discriminating against employees and undermining education unions after the adoption of GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations). That’s according to the NASUWT (National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers).
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News 12 September 2018 Netherlands: Red is still the colour of primary education!
The Dutch educators’ Code Red action demanding decent salaries and a normal workload, and urging the government to clearly and firmly address burn-out and a shortage of teachers in primary education has continued with a strike covering South Western regions of the country.
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News 11 September 2018 Education at a Glance: Big data can help union advocacy
The relationship between education and equity is the focus of this year’s ‘Education at a Glance’ (EAG) report.
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Worlds of Education 6 September 2018 #EI25: "And if those who are absent were …. right, at times?", by Daniel B. Lafrenière
Daniel B. Lafrenière
There is an old French adage that says “les absents ont toujours tort,” which means that those who are absent are always in the wrong (or always get the blame). But what if they were right after all under certain circumstances? This seems to be the case in the field...
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News 5 September 2018 Africa: Professional development key to boosting teaching profession
The challenges facing teachers and the need for professional development, an improved status of teachers, and international teaching standards were highlighted by education stakeholders in South Africa recently.
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News 3 September 2018 Caribbean education unions’ young teacher training for a bright future for teachers and education
Education International has assisted a fruitful workshop for Southern Caribbean’s young teacher unionists to enable sustainable and strong education unions promoting quality education in the region.
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News 31 August 2018 Belgium: forthcoming elections threaten the future of the Pact for Excellence in Wallonia and Brussels
With the beginning of the school year in Belgium, and the approach of the elections, the teaching unions have entered into a race against time to give substance to the Pact for Excellence, which aims to guarantee quality education for all.
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News 24 August 2018 Statement to the G20 Education and Employment Ministers
As the voice of the world’s educators, we welcome the inclusion of education as a priority for the G20, and hope the commitment to education will be ensured moving forward into Japan in 2019.
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News 20 August 2018 Kenya: delocalisation policy deepens teacher shortage
The Kenya National Union of Teachers has called on its government to stop the delocalisation policy that has forced more than a hundred teachers to leave the profession act to close the national teacher gap, and stop the current teacher appraisal system.
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Worlds of Education 12 July 2018 A world class education by the man who should know, by John Bangs
John Bangs
A review of “World Class” by Andreas Schleicher, Director of Education and Skills at the OECD.
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News 11 July 2018 Indonesia: governmental promise to hire 100,000 teachers and bridge the teacher gap
Indonesian education unionists have welcomed the announcement made by the national government during a Public Discussion on National Education to hire 100,000 teachers in 2018 in an effort to combat the teacher shortage in the country.
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News 29 June 2018 Canada: EI honours two prominent union leaders from Quebec
The Congress of the Centrale de syndicats du Québec highlighted the importance of education’ trade unions for workers, students and society as a whole, and acknowledged the work of two eminent union leaders, Louise Chabot and Daniel Lafrenière.
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News 27 June 2018 Unions vow to remain strong despite Janus ruling
The Supreme Court of the United States just delivered a painful blow to working people and to the unions which stand up for their rights. In a narrow 5 to 4 vote, the justices decided in the Janus v. AFSCME case, that public sector unions must use their resources to...
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News 27 June 2018 EI promotes the ideas of youth to strengthen unions in Senegal and Ivory Coast
The continuation of the program led by Education International in Senegal and Ivory Coast has the aim of spreading unionisation,getting young activists involved in union activity, and strengthening trade union unity.
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News 14 June 2018 Burkina Faso: Education unions are key to developing quality policies for teachers
Education International has encouraged the fifteen education unions in Burkina Faso to take an active part in a multi-partner project aimed at concertedly developing new policies for teachers.
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News 7 June 2018 Belgium: Trade unions concerned about increased workloads for teachers
In a common front involving three trade unions, around 600 education trade union activists have clearly expressed their opposition to workload increases.
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News 28 May 2018 Iraq: Teachers’ salary cuts limited
Kurdistan’s education trade union was successful in easing drastic salary cuts planned for teachers.
Iraq: Teachers’ salary cuts limited