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We are the voice of teachers and education workers around the world.

Through our 375 member organisations, we represent more than 33 million teachers and education support personnel in 180 countries and territories.

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Informed and empowered by teachers and education support personnel everywhere, we develop tools and strategies that enable us to work across all sectors of education and all regions of the world to effect change and create a better future for our students. Click here to see how we work and find out more about our priorities below.

  1. Quality education for all

  2. The profession

  3. Rights and democracy

  4. Building union power

Latest Updates

  1. Worlds of Education 30 September 2026

    Are AI Frameworks complicit in turning schools into AI testing grounds and sites of extraction?

    Susan L. Robertson, Michele Martini

    What Do AI Frameworks for Education Really Look Like? The capabilities of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and in particular Large Language Models like ChatGPT, Claude, or DeepSeek, are developing at extraordinary speed, accompanying by calls from some tech firm leaders to slow the pace and ask serious questions about regulation. Paralleling...

    Are AI Frameworks complicit in turning schools into AI testing grounds and sites of extraction?
  2. Worlds of Education 28 September 2026

    Artificial intelligence is here to stay

    Sarah Wofford

    Artificial intelligence is here to stay, and as unionists, we should feel just as confident harnessing the power of AI as we do harnessing the power of our collective voices.

    Artificial intelligence is here to stay
  3. News 25 September 2026

    United Kingdom: Educators win full government funding for teacher pay rise

    Educators, unions, civil society organisations and concerned citizens have secured a major victory for teachers, education support personnel, and school communities across England after the UK Government announced that it will fully fund this academic year's teacher pay award.

    United Kingdom: Educators win full government funding for teacher pay rise
  4. News 24 September 2026

    Education unions pledge to fight for and lead a new era of education financing

    Following the disappointing outcome of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) replenishment meeting, education union leaders from around the world came together to demand urgent government action. Education International (EI) and its member organisations will intensify pressure on political leaders to fully fund public education and uphold every child’s right...

    Education unions pledge to fight for and lead a new era of education financing
  5. Statements 23 September 2026

    Global Unions express their unwavering solidarity with LGBTI+ organisations, activists and human rights defenders in Türkiye

    Turkish authorities launched a wave of raids and detentions targeting LGBTI+ organisations, activists, trade union members and human rights defenders. Media reports indicate that dozens of people are being held in detention. According to a statement issued by the Minister of Justice , legal proceedings have been initiated against more...

    Global Unions express their unwavering solidarity with LGBTI+ organisations, activists and human rights defenders in Türkiye

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