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News 3 October 2011 Sweden: Government increases funding for better qualified teachers
Lärarförbundet, one of EI’s affiliates in Sweden, has welcomed the commitment by its government to invest SEK7 billion (US$1 billion) over the next four years to improve teacher training, raise the standard of mathematics teaching and improve completion rates in the humanities and social sciences.
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News 3 October 2011 World Teachers’ Day 2011: Teachers for Gender Equality
This years’ World Teachers' Day theme - Teachers for Gender Equality - encompasses equality between female and male teachers; demands access for girls to gender-sensitive and quality education, and highlights the contribution of teachers and education in overcoming gender stereotypes.
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News 30 September 2011 Kenya: Union wins permanent contracts for teachers
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has won its campaign to secure permanent contracts for more than 18,000 teachers. The move will benefit teachers who are currently employed on temporary contracts and will provide them with more favourable terms and conditions that include a higher salary and pension rights...
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News 27 September 2011 France: Public and private school teachers take joint action
Teachers’ unions in France, representing both the public and private sector workers, have jointly called a strike on 27 September to denounce the deterioration of the country’s school system and demand ‘zero job cuts in 2012’.
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News 26 September 2011 UK: Unions build closer ties for effective action
A quartet of EI’s affiliates in the UK – the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS), the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO), the National Union of Teachers (NUT), and the Ulster Teachers’ Union (UTU) – have launched an historic partnership for closer co-operation, campaigning, and promotion of trade union values.
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News 22 September 2011 Unions prepare for World Teachers’ Day 2011
World Teachers’ Day celebrations around the globe on 5 October will focus attention on the theme of ‘Teachers for Gender Equality’. Many education unions are already gearing up for the event by preparing actions that call for better and equitable working conditions, as well as demanding education systems that empower...
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21 September 2011 New York Education SummitNew York Education Summit
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20 September 2011 School Leadership Working GroupSchool Leadership Working Group
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News 19 September 2011 Nepal: Teachers sign Kathmandu Declaration for union rights
Delegates at the Nepal National Teachers' Association (NNTA) have approved a formal declaration that will enable the EI-affiliated union to comprehensively advocate for teachers’ rights and freedoms, as well as to achieve quality education.
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News 16 September 2011 Spain: Teacher demonstrations mark the start of new school year
Representatives of the main teaching unions in Spain have called on the Socialist central government to take ‘a clear stand’ against deep cuts in public education budgets that have been imposed by largely Conservative autonomous regional authorities within the country.
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News 16 September 2011 EI set to celebrate World Day for Decent Work
For the fourth year in a row, EI welcomes the International Trade Union Confederation’s World Day for Decent Work (WDDW) which takes place on 7 October. On this day, all trade unions around the world will stand together to call for decent work to be put at the heart of...
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News 15 September 2011 Lecturers vote in favour of action over pensions
Lecturers at leading UK universities have voted for action over planned changes to their pensions with more than three-quarters (77 per cent) of University and College Union members, who took part in a ballot, voting for a “sustained campaign of industrial action.”
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News 14 September 2011 Uganda: Teachers strike for quality education
In recent months, EI affiliate Uganda National Teachers Union (UNATU) has been leading demands for major improvements in the welfare of teachers within the country.
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News 12 September 2011 Kenya: Teachers protest in nationwide strike
School will start a little later than usual this year in Kenya as teachers have gone out on strike across the country to demand the government awards permanent contracts to thousands of teachers.
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News 12 September 2011 Italy: Teachers strike against cuts
Teachers in Italy have joined other public sector workers in mass strike action against cuts in public spending. Three million public sector workers went out on strike last week with major demonstrations in many cities including Milan, Naples and Rome. The protesters included teachers, transport workers and other public sector...
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News 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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News 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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News 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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