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Union growth

All teachers and education support personnel have the right to organise and be part of a union that represents and defends their values and interests. However, around the world, education unions are facing serious attacks and operate in increasingly challenging and hostile environments. Revitalising unions, building their power by boosting membership and active participation and maximising impact is the way forward.

Our work in this area

  1. News 9 November 2012

    Africa:

    Emmanuel Fatoma
    Africa:
  2. News 9 November 2012

    Arab Union Leaders condemn human and trade union rights abuses

    Leaders of teachers’ organisations in the Arab region are outraged by the recent verdict of a Bahraini appeal court in which it sentenced the President of the Bahraini Teachers Association (BTA), Mahdi Abu Deeb, to 5 years imprisonment for taking part in national demonstrations in 2011. The Vice President of...

    Arab Union Leaders condemn human and trade union rights abuses
  3. News 30 October 2012

    Jordan: Refugees need teachers and textbooks

    "We must make every possible effort to provide support to the Syrian children and teachers in the refugee camps in Jordan," said EI General Secretary, Fred van Leeuwen and ITUC General Secretary, Sharan Burrow, who visited the Zaatari Refugee Camp in Mafraq on 28 October. They met with refugees and...

    Jordan: Refugees need teachers and textbooks
  4. News 16 October 2012

    EI Executive Board condemns the attempted assassination of Malala Yousafzai

    At its meeting in Brussels from 16-18 October, the Executive Board of Education International, which represents 30 million teachers and other educators worldwide, condemned, in the strongest possible terms, the shooting by the Taliban of the fourteen year old Pakistani girl, Malala Yousafzai, because of her efforts to promote girls...

    EI Executive Board condemns the attempted assassination of Malala Yousafzai
  5. News 15 October 2012

    EI strongly condemns attack on school girls

    Malala Yousafzai, a 14-year old school girl and a campaigner for girls’ right to education was attacked on October 9 on her way home from school in Mingora, north-western Pakistan. Two gun men boarded a bus full of school girls, asked for Malala by name, shot her in the head...

    EI strongly condemns attack on school girls
  6. News 5 October 2012

    Honouring the courage of persecuted teacher unionists in Colombia

    World Teachers’ Day is an opportunity to appreciate the tireless dedication and contribution of teachers to quality education. Unfortunately, in Colombia, teachers live in constant fear of being killed or maimed.

    Honouring the courage of persecuted teacher unionists in Colombia
  7. News 4 October 2012

    Turkey: International trade unions support Turkish workers’ rights

    Representatives of the European trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE), Education International’s European region, are part of an international trade union delegation, together with representatives of the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EFPSU), the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), present in Ankara...

    Turkey: International trade unions support Turkish workers’ rights
  8. News 2 October 2012

    Bahrain: Solidarity with teachers on WTD

    At the occasion of World Teachers’ Day (WTD), celebrated annually on 5 October, EI has issued a statement of solidarity with teachers in Bahrain and their trade union, the Bahrain Teacher Association (BTA).

    Bahrain: Solidarity with teachers on WTD
  9. News 21 September 2012

    Kenya: Government must meet educators’ legitimate demands for decent wages

    EI has sent a protest letter to the Kenyan Head of Public Service, Francis Kimemia, urging the Government to enter into meaningful negotiations with EI national affiliates on teacher wages and allowances.

    Kenya: Government must meet educators’ legitimate demands for decent wages
  10. News 7 September 2012

    Bahrain: Grave concerns about teacher unionists in detention

    In view of the final appeals hearing in the cases of Bahraini teacher unionists Mahdi Abu Dheeb and Jalila Al Salman, there is growing concern that harsh earlier sentences, will be upheld by the appeals court - as in another ruling against Bahraini activists earlier this week.

    Bahrain: Grave concerns about teacher unionists in detention
  11. News 31 August 2012

    U.S.A.: Education unionists celebrate Labour Day

    The American Federation of teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA), EI’s national affiliates, honour all workers countrywide on Monday 3 September, U.S. Labour Day.

    U.S.A.: Education unionists celebrate Labour Day
  12. News 29 August 2012

    Tanzania: Strike cancelled amid calls for negotiation

    The Tanzania Teachers’ Union (TTU) has called off its strike over teachers’ pay, after a High Court ruling found the countrywide action unlawful. The TTU made its decision in order to encourage bilateral discussions with the government to settle its case.

    Tanzania: Strike cancelled amid calls for negotiation
  13. News 28 August 2012

    Uganda: Union demands payment of teachers’ salaries

    Over 30,000 teachers across Uganda have not been paid in July. That’s according to a report by the Uganda National Teachers’ Union (UNATU), one of EI’s national affiliate. The report also points out that some teachers have not been paid since December 2011.

    Uganda: Union demands payment of teachers’ salaries
  14. News 21 August 2012

    Bahrain: U.S. unions push for respect of human and labour rights

    The American Federation of Teachers (AFT), along with other influential organisations, has urged U.S. Labour Secretary Hilda Solis to release her Department’s finding concerning Bahrain’s compliance with provisions of the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA). AFT, one of EI’s affiliates in the U.S., was joined in the initiative by the...

    Bahrain: U.S. unions push for respect of human and labour rights