Articles from Belgium
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 13 July 2016 Students' and teachers’ unions call for education to be carved out from global trade agreements
Education International (EI) and the European Students' Union (ESU) urge governments in Europe, the United States, and beyond, to explicitly carve out education from global trade agreements such as the TTIP, the Trade in Services Agreement and the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement.
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Climate action and literacy 16 June 2016 Is Europe’s trade agreement with Canada the Trojan horse of TTIP?
This was the question being asked as Belgian education unionists and civil society activists debated the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement’s implications on the public sector, in particular education, recently in Brussels.
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Trade union rights are human rights 31 May 2016 Belgium: Halt to cuts in public services!
A general strike and mass demonstrations hit Belgium today. Trade unions protested against austerity measures, including cuts in the education budget, and condemning also a breakdown of social dialogue.
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Trade union rights are human rights 23 November 2015 Belgium: Schools remain closed amidst security threats
Schools and daycare centres in Belgium's capital Brussels remained closed today, as the federal government upheld the highest security threat level in the city.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 March 2015 Belgium: Overcrowded schools at odds with government cuts
As the Belgian Government forges ahead with unpopular austerity measures aimed at tackling the country’s debt and sagging economy, opponents pointed to overcrowded schools as the glaring example of unkept promises, and called for action.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 January 2015 Belgium: Unions ready to participate in Pact for Excellence in Education
Trade unions in Belgium have responded positively to the announcement of the Pact for Excellence in Education by the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, one of Belgium’s three federal communities. However, the unions have also set out conditions for their support.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 January 2015 Belgium: Unions ready to participate in Pact for Excellence in Education
Trade unions in Belgium have responded positively to the announcement of the Pact for Excellence in Education by the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, one of Belgium’s three federal communities. However, the unions have also set out conditions for their support.
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Union growth 7 November 2014 Belgium: Teacher unions join in national strike
Teacher unionists were among over 100,000 demonstrators who took to the streets of Brussels, Belgium, on 6 November to fight budgetary reform measures planned by the Belgian federal Government that will affect workers severely.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 October 2014 EDUCATION, TRAINING and YOUTH FORUM 2014
The third Education, Training and Youth Forum of the European Commission took place on 9-10 October 2014 and brought together stakeholders and social partners to discuss on challenges of implementing and on identifying the future priorities of the Strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training (ET2020).
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Union renewal and development 17 October 2014 ETUCE Committee – Preparing the ETUCE Special Conference
On 13 to 14 October 2014, the members of the ETUCE Committee met in Brussels for their autumn meeting. With a minute’s silence the Committee commemorated the deceased colleagues and fellow unionists, Monica Rodrigues, ATL, UK and Agnes Breda, UNSA-Education, France, and staff member of the EI head office in...
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Equity and inclusion 23 April 2014 ETUC Women’s Committee, 10-11 April 2014
The women delegates from the national trade union confederations and European trade union federations discussed amongst other topics, the ETUC campaign towards the elections of the European Parliament and the new ETUC Resolution on gender equality. The latter is to be presented for adoption to the ETUC Executive Committee in...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 25 February 2014 TTIP entering "heart of negotiations"
On 17-18 February, EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht and United States Trade Representative Ambassador Michael Froman met for a political stocktaking exercise in Washington, D.C. on the controversial Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
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Union renewal and development 25 September 2013 Miscellaneous News
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 June 2013 Special ComNet on implementing the campaign Mobilizing for Quality Education campaignSpecial ComNet on implementing the campaign Mobilizing for Quality Education campaign
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Standards and working conditions 24 October 2012 International organisations celebrate teachers
Representatives of EI, the BTC-Belgian Development Agency, the International Task Force on Teachers for Education for All (EFA), UNESCO and the European Commission held a joint event on 11 October in Brussels, Belgium. They celebrated this year’s World Teachers’ Day (WTD), under the theme “Take a stand for teachers.”
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2 July 2012 European education unions join Regulate Global Finance Now!
The EI European region, the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE), has joined the large Regulate Global Finance Now! campaign. This campaign comprises five sub-campaigns: “A financial transaction tax, now!”, “Credit Rating Agencies”, “Stop food speculation! Now!”, “Managing future crises”, and “Bonus watch!”
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 21 June 2012 FTT: European citizens exert pressure on Governments!
EI European Region, the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE), has joined a signature campaign promoting a financial transaction tax (FTT) at EU level. This campaign aims at exerting pressure on EU member countries’ finance ministers who will hold a policy debate on the EU Commission proposal on 22...
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Equity and inclusion 15 May 2012 European education unionists challenge gender stereotypes
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...
European education unionists challenge gender stereotypes