Articles from Philippines
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Union renewal and development 2014-05-08 Philippines: Psychological first aid training for teachers
EI and the Federation of Free Workers-Trade Federation VIII (FFW), one of its national affiliates in the Philippines, conducted a training session on psychological first aid on 4 April, at the Central Philippines University, as part of the EI post-Hayan (Yolanda) rehabilitation programme.
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Union renewal and development 2014-04-16 Philippines: EI affiliates assess post-typhoon needs
EI’s national affiliate, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), the Federation of Free Workers – Trade Federation VII (FFW), the National Alliance of Teachers and Office Workers (SMP-NATOW), and the Teachers’ Organisation of the Philippine Public Sector (TOPPS) conducted the EI Post Haiyan (Yolanda) Rehabilitation Initiative from 3-7 March in...
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Equity and inclusion 2014-02-12 Philippines: action plan for gender equality
EI, together with one Swedish affiliate Lärarförbundet, organised an evaluation and planning meeting for its Philippine member organisations in Manila, Philippines, from 30 January until 1 February. Twenty participants, i.e. five women leaders from four EI affiliates in the Philippines - ACT, FFW, TOPPS and SMP-NATOW - took part in...
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Union renewal and development 2014-01-29 Philippines: Trade unions act to rebuild education after tsunami
The first Exploratory Meeting for the EI Philippine affiliates’ Post-Yolanda (Haiyan) Rehabilitation Initiative was held on 29 November 2013. It was attended by representatives of the EI regional Asia-Pacific office and of EI Philippine affiliates – the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), the National Alliance of Teachers and Office Workers...
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Union renewal and development 2013-11-22 Philippines: EI launches urgent action appeal
EI has opened a solidarity account to collect contributions to support the Philippines’ education communities affected by Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda.
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Union renewal and development 2013-11-15 Philippines: Teacher community shows international solidarity
In the aftermath of the devastating typhoon in the country, teachers globally have reacted promptly, showing great solidarity with severely affected colleagues.
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Union renewal and development 2013-11-13 Philippines: Teachers and population severely affected by typhoon
Many schools and a number of teachers were affected by Typhoon Haiyan on 8 November, according to EI affiliates in the Philippines. Amongst the devastating and deadly consequences of the typhoon is the loss of contact with two National Council members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), an EI...
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Equity and inclusion 2012-12-21 Filipino teachers win battle against exploitation
Earlier this week, a U.S. federal court in Los Angeles ordered a recruitment agency to pay US$4.5 million in damages to 350 Filipino teachers. The teachers, recruited as part of a guest worker programme, had been forced into exploitive contracts after arriving in the United States.
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Standards and working conditions 2012-06-08 Philippines: Educators condemn new Government policy
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), one of EI’s affiliates in the Philippines, has objected to the new Government policy on Education, which proposes extending formal education by two years, without increasing the number of teachers, classrooms and other basic facilities.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2011-11-02 Philippines: education union condemns on-going political violence against teachers
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), one of EI’s affiliates in the Philippines, has denounced recent cases of teachers and union activists’ killings.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2010-10-08 Philippines: World Teachers’ Day violently interrupted by military
EI is concerned to learn from Action and Solidarity for the Empowerment of Teachers (ASSERT) that elements of the Philippine armed forces used aggressive tactics against a peaceful demonstration by teachers on World Teachers’ Day.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2009-11-17 Teacher unions condemn principal’s beheading
Teacher unions around the world are condemning the kidnapping and brutal murder of an elementary school principal in the Philippines.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2009-10-06 EI supports ILO mission's denouncement of labour rights abuses in the Philippines
EI supports the results of the high-level fact-finding mission of the International Labour Organization (ILO) to the Philippines, which asked the government to categorically denounce the killings of workers and the rampant violations of trade union rights.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2008-02-19 Philippines: demonstration against privatization of education ends with police brutality
A peaceful demonstration organized by teachers and students defending quality public education in the Philippines was violently dispersed by law enforcement officers last January 31. As a result of police brutality, 23 demonstrators were injured. Other 6 demonstrators were arbitrarily arrested.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2007-08-06 EI urges Philipines government to address extrajudicial killings
Education International has written to the President of the Philippines following an urgent resolution adopted at the 5th World Congress calling on the government to immediately put a stop to extrajudicial killings and involuntary disappearances.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2007-07-10 Philippines: Workshop on Reducing Dropouts in Basic Education and Achieving EFA by 2015
In June, Education International got together with its affiliates in the Philippines to address the issue of drop out rates in basic education and to prepare a joint national work plan for the unions on reducing drop out in the country.
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Union renewal and development 2006-02-23 Philippines landslide: EI offers solidarity assistance
On behalf of all its member organisations, EI has expressed its sympathy to its four affiliates in the Philippines after the entire village of Guinsaugon, in the town of St Bernard on the southern part of Leyte, in the central Philippines, was buried by a major landslide on Friday 17...
Philippines landslide: EI offers solidarity assistance