Articles from Argentina
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Trade union rights are human rights 19 December 2018 #UDHR70 – “A banner of struggle for humanity”, by Yamile Socolovsky
Yamile Socolovsky
On the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it seems inevitable that we ask ourselves whether in the ensuing time we have succeeded in advancing its goals, or whether those principles have ended up being nothing more than a well-intentioned, but ultimately futile statement of a humanistic...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 28 September 2018 Argentina: private interests are critically undermining public education
A new study reports on the worrying expansion of private interests in the public education sector in Argentina and its undermining effects on equity and quality education.
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Union growth 13 September 2018 Argentina: Teachers Face Torture and Threats
Education International firmly condemns the attack on a teacher in Argentina.
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Trade union rights are human rights 24 August 2018 Statement to the G20 Education and Employment Ministers
As the voice of the world’s educators, we welcome the inclusion of education as a priority for the G20, and hope the commitment to education will be ensured moving forward into Japan in 2019.
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Union growth 23 August 2018 #EI25: “When Ordinary People Demand Justice”, by Lily Eskelsen García
Lily Eskelsen García
Sometimes what touches us at an international meeting isn’t what’s on the agenda. It’s what was outside on the street. Sometimes it’s the crushing courage of tiny, fragile grandmothers who would not be stopped and who serve as an example to all social justice activists of what we are called...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 3 August 2018 Argentina: Education International denounces multi-million peso fine for strike
The right to organize into trade unions in order to fight for better working conditions and a dignified treatment is an internationally recognized right.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 July 2018 In Latin America, teachers and students champion the right to attend university, by Yamile Socolovsky
Yamile Socolovsky
15 June marked the centenary of the university reform led by the student movement in Córdoba, Argentina. This pioneering reform paved the way for a democratic reconstruction of academic institutions that shook the entire region. The transformation of Latin American public universities became a permanent battleground between those who yearned...
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Trade union rights are human rights 3 April 2018 UK: education unionists in solidarity with Iranian and Argentinian colleagues
Teacher unionists Esmail Abdi and Roberto Baradel have been recognised by the UK’s National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers for their fight for the rights of teachers and quality education in Iran and Argentina respectively.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 March 2018 #8March: Female leadership, strong unionism: a higher education perspective
Yamile Socolovsky
In the past, women were rarely able to attend university. It was only in the 20th century that the growing number of women undertaking university courses began to significantly impact the demographics of graduates of higher education. However, much like in the workplace, the acceptance of women in higher education...
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Union growth 19 January 2018 Education International stands in support of Roberto Baradel facing threats
Education International, the global teachers‘ federation which represents over 32 million members in 173 countries, has been informed by its Argentinian affiliate, the Confederación de Trabajadores de la Educación de la República Argentina of new anonymous threats against the SUTEBA General Secretary, Roberto Baradel.
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Equity and inclusion 3 December 2017 "Inclusion, school integration and the question of differences", by Professor Néstor Carasa
Nestor Carasa
Inclusion and school integration are two concepts that have been conflated — whether deliberately or not — and assigned various directionalities and meanings at every given historical moment based on the current political context. Examining these meanings is crucial to going beyond mere discussions of political correctness to instead develop...
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Union renewal and development 24 November 2017 International partnership with the Pedagogical Movement
The Norwegian education union (Utdanningsforbundet, UEN) has supported the Latin American “Movimiento Pedagógico” since its inception.
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Equity and inclusion 16 November 2017 Properly trained teachers, a prerequisite for eliminating child labour
The teacher trade union delegation to the Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour reiterated the need for quality teacher and public education system to eradicate the scourge of child labour.
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Trade union rights are human rights 9 November 2017 Spotlight on role of teacher unions in the eradication of child labour
Education International will represent teachers and stress their unions’ active role in ensuring quality education for all at the 4th Global Conference on Child Labour.
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Trade union rights are human rights 12 September 2017 Education International joins Argentinian campaign to find Santiago Maldonado
Education International has joined Argentinian education trade unionists to call on their national public authorities to find Santiago Maldonado, who disappeared while participating in a march.
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Union growth 1 May 2017 This May Day, why not try solidarity?
As the occasion to celebrate and reaffirm the value and values of trade unions, from which their principles continue to inspire, today must also serve as a lens to carefully examine our societies and institutions.
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Trade union rights are human rights 10 April 2017 Argentina: Rising tension as teachers’ protest repressed by police
Teachers in Argentina were targeted when their peaceful protest on the eve of 9–10 April was violently repressed by police. The demonstration, aiming to set up a 'mobile school' in the form of a white tent in front of the National Congress in Buenos Aires, was brought to an abrupt...
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Trade union rights are human rights 2 March 2017 Argentina: threats to union leader overshadow new school year
With continuing threats targeting Roberto Baradel, leader of the Buenos Aires education union, and collective bargaining stalling across the country, Argentina’s teachers are bracing for a difficult start to the new school year.
Argentina: threats to union leader overshadow new school year