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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. News 5 June 2025

    International Labour Conference: Workers’ Group supports call to strengthen Recommendations concerning Teaching Personnel

    Addressing the Committee on the Application of Standards at the International Labour Conference on June 3rd, EI President Mugwena Maluleke responded to the report of the joint ILO-UNESCO Committee of Experts on the Application of the Recommendations concerning Teaching Personnel (CEART). As the Workers’ Group spokesperson, Maluleke welcomed the proposal...

    International Labour Conference: Workers’ Group supports call to strengthen Recommendations concerning Teaching Personnel
  2. News 4 June 2025

    Billions more for education. Historic win for teachers, support personnel, and every child in Nepal

    Building on a historic and hard-fought victory at national level that led the government to commit to increase education funding by nearly 15 billion Nepali rupees (around 96 million euros), 36 prominent union leaders from across Nepal convened to launch the next phase of their advocacy, taking the Go Public!...

    Billions more for education. Historic win for teachers, support personnel, and every child in Nepal
  3. Take action! 27 May 2025

    Argentina: Call to solidarity with teachers and education unionists

    Education International (EI) launched a call to solidarity with Argentinian teachers and education unionists who are confronted with major attacks against their rights to strike and to collective bargaining.

    Argentina: Call to solidarity with teachers and education unionists
  4. News 27 May 2025

    Education International delegation to defend teachers’ rights at the International Labour Conference

    From 2-13 June, an Education International (EI) delegation is attending the 113th session of the International Labour Conference . Fifty teachers and education professionals from 26 countries are present at the annual conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO).

    Education International delegation to defend teachers’ rights at the International Labour Conference
  5. News 27 May 2025

    Argentina: Unions denounce new government attack on the right to strike and teacher salaries

    Teachers’ unions in Argentina are denouncing a new wave of attacks by the Argentinean government, as President Javier Milei announced measures to limit the right to strike for teachers and dismantle collective bargaining for salaries at the national level.

    Argentina: Unions denounce new government attack on the right to strike and teacher salaries
  6. News 23 May 2025

    Morocco: Sustained strike action turns into a foundational event, driving trade union renewal

    During the major mobilisations staged over a period of three months by the teaching profession in Morocco, the SNE-CDT education union actively listened to workers’ demands, organised grassroots consultations, and built a shared trade union position. A national trade union renewal plan was also launched, setting out specific aims such...

    Morocco: Sustained strike action turns into a foundational event, driving trade union renewal

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