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Senen Niño Avendaño, President of the Federación Colombiana de Educadores (FECODE) and a member of the EI Executive Board, together with two other leaders of the Colombian teachers’ union, has been refused an entry visa to Switzerland where they were to participate in the Conference of the International Labour Organisation...

Hundreds of thousands of public workers participated in a nationwide public sector strike in Turkey on 23 May, according to EI national affiliate E?itim Sen.

General Secretary Fred van Leeuwen congratulated Guy Ryder on his election to a five-year term at the helm of the UN tripartite labour organisation.

Two of the UK’s biggest trade unions have launched an historic joint agreement committing the trade unions to work together to protect teachers and defend education. The two unions, both EI affiliates, are the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT).

Education unionists and school leaders from around the world have called for stronger recognition of the school leadership function and its role in promoting quality education.

Common strategies to influence public policy to eradicate child labour must be articulated by education unions. This is essential for the promotion and defence of education as a fundamental right.

The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), one of EI’s national affiliates, has been strongly advocating for a 300 per cent pay rise, and is carrying out a survey on the shortage of educators in the country and its impact on the delivery of quality education. In January, KNUT also...

Primary school teachers throughout Tunisia answered the call of the Syndicat général de l'enseignement de base (SGEB), one of the national affiliates of EI, to hold a successful one-day strike on 16 May with an 85 per cent participation rate. The trade union is fighting to improve the education system...

EI and its European Region, the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE), are jointly organising a European-Global Conference on School Leadership in Dublin, Ireland, from 23-25 May. This event, hosted by Irish teacher unions, aims at sharing experiences and developing education union strategies to improve school leadership policy and...

Education International welcomes the emphasis placed on investments in education by the leaders of eight of the world richest countries in their statement at the end of the G8 Summit at Camp David.

EI national affiliates, the Confédération des syndicats du Québec (CSQ), the Fédération nationale des enseignantes et des enseignants du Québec (FNEEQ-CSN), and the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) have strongly condemned Quebec’s Bill 78. This legislation, tabled to end the 14-week student strike, violates fundamental freedoms of association, assembly,...

On 16th May, the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia, Education International reaffirms its commitment to promote inclusive and safe learning environments, free of harassment, bullying and homophobia or any other form of discrimination, in which all members of the school community are treated with respect and dignity.

EI European Region, the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE), discussed teacher trade union actions challenging gender stereotypes and gender segregation in the labour market during a peer-learning activity (PLA) and a training seminar. These events were held from 9-10 May, in Brussels, Belgium, in the frame of a...

Education unions along with parents’ and students’ associations have called for a strike in Spain on May 22. The strike will make history, covering the whole education sector from Early Childhood Education up to university.

The Dutch government announced today that it will no longer pursue plans to introduce performance related pay. Education Secretary Halbe Zijlstra has decided that the 80 million euro budget providing for performance pay experiments will be reallocated.

The Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF), one of EI’s national affiliates, has welcomed the Opening Minds Anti-Stigma Programme of the Mental Health Commission of Canada. This programme offers contact-based education to primary and high school students.

The success of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) hinges on meaningful social dialogue with all stakeholders including teachers and their organisations, EI told a gathering of the world’s education ministers and officials.

Education International has urged the government of the United Arab Emirates to give their teachers the freedom to establish an independent professional union.