2025 World Education Support Personnel Day Toolkit
Educators are among the first targets of tyrants. They also take the lead in the fight for democracy.
Defending the profession and solidarity for educators in times of crisis, key for Education International members in Arab countries
Nepal: Relentless union action and organizing lead to significant salary increases and other victories
Teacher compensation in South Sudan: The human cost of underinvestment
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News 20 May 2025 Europe: Unions strategise next steps of Go Public! Fund Education campaign amid chronic underinvestment in the sector
Education unions in Southern Europe are working to address the persistent teacher shortage in their countries through the Go Public! Fund Education campaign. Coming together in Athens from May 11 to the 13, unions from Cyprus, Greece, France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain shared insights into the challenges they are facing...
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News 20 May 2025 Mexico: A 10% salary increase and an additional week of vacation in recognition of teachers’ invaluable contribution to the nation
On May 15, Teachers’ Day in Mexico, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo announced a significant salary raise of 10% and an additional week of vacation for the country’s teaching workforce. The new measures are the result of constructive and open social dialogue between the government and the National Union of Education...
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News 19 May 2025 From South Korea to Uruguay, Togo and the United States: Online and offline communications drive union campaigns
The role of teachers in stopping an impending coup in South Korea, how they approach online organizing in the U.S. and how Uruguay used the Go Public! Fund Education campaign to successfully mobilize during a presidential election, were some of the themes addressed during the most recent meeting of Education...
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News 17 May 2025 Israel: Union stands up for teachers amid public sector salary cuts
The Israel Teachers’ Union has delivered significant results for educators across the country, minimising the impact of recent salary cuts on the profession.
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Statements 17 May 2025 Statement by the LGBTI+ Coordinating Committee of the Council of Global Unions on IDAHOBIT
From grassroots to global: Empowering our communities to combat anti-LGBTI backlash
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Worlds of Education 16 May 2025 Challenging LGBTQ+ discrimination: The fight goes on
Phil Siddle
In recent years, the UK has made meaningful progress on LGBTQ+ rights, with improvements in both legal protections and public attitudes. However, this progress is now under threat. Around the world, anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and legislation are growing—and the UK is not immune. The recent Supreme Court ruling that trans women...
Challenging LGBTQ+ discrimination: The fight goes on