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   Equity and inclusion 9 June 2022

   Labels belong on bottles - not people

   Charles Adams

   NAPTOSA is the second largest teachers’ union in South Africa serving education through its legacy organisations since 1904. The NAPTOSA leadership and membership represent the racial diversity of the country and are inclusive of the LGBTQI+ community. South Africa's Constitution prohibits unfair discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation, thereby...

   Labels belong on bottles - not people

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   Equity and inclusion 21 December 2021

   Expanding Vaccines Beyond Our Borders

   Randi Weingarten, Mugwena Maluleke

   If there is one thing we never see again, let it be a crematorium waiting list. Let temporary morgue tents be just that—temporary. We have the capacity to make that happen—to prepare for the next global public health crisis, so we never see this level of chaos and destruction again,...

   Expanding Vaccines Beyond Our Borders

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   Equity and inclusion 16 December 2021

   Education unions in Germany, the UK, Switzerland, Canada, the USA and South Africa call on governments to support vaccine equity

   Education International member organisations in Germany, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Canada, the United States of America and South Africa are calling on governments to support the temporary waiver of intellectual property rights on Covid-19 vaccines and treatments at the World Trade Organization. If adopted, the waiver would enable an expansion...

   Education unions in Germany, the UK, Switzerland, Canada, the USA and South Africa call on governments to support vaccine equity

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   Standards and working conditions 24 June 2021

   South Africa: Unions welcome plan for vaccine roll-out for teachers and education personnel

   The Department of Basic Education in South Africa and teacher unions have launched a COVID-19 vaccination programme with the support and participation of Education International affiliates.

   South Africa: Unions welcome plan for vaccine roll-out for teachers and education personnel

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   Standards and working conditions 7 May 2021

   Education unions’ success in improving working conditions and status for the profession despite COVID-19 crisis

   Around 170 education unionists from 55 countries shared success stories in ensuring decent working conditions for education workers in an online meeting organised by Education International.

   Education unions’ success in improving working conditions and status for the profession despite COVID-19 crisis

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   Union growth 10 December 2020

   #16dayscampaign | “When teachers’ unions take action, schools become safer for everyone”, by madeleine kennedy-macfoy (EI) and Rex Fyles (Gender at Work).

   Rex Fyles, madeleine kennedy macfoy

   Gender-based violence in and around schools poses big challenges to education unions and their members. Because everyone in and around schools – teachers, students, education support personnel - can be both perpetrator and victim of such violence, school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) is a violation of both the right to quality...

   #16dayscampaign | “When teachers’ unions take action, schools become safer for everyone”, by madeleine kennedy-macfoy (EI) and Rex Fyles (Gender at Work).