Articles from United Kingdom
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Trade union rights are human rights 20 April 2006 UK: Union leader quits through stress
A former president of EI affiliate the National Union of Teachers broke down in tears yesterday as he revealed how stress and "government bullying" had forced him to quit the teaching profession.
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Trade union rights are human rights 28 March 2006 UK: Teacher unions show solidarity with 1m striking local government workers
EI affiliates the NASUWT, NUT and AUT are supporting local government employee unions in their one day strike today; part of the campaign to demand fair treatment over pension rights in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 27 March 2006 UK: AUT-NATFHE Conference on Brain Drain
On March 23, EI affiliates the Association of University Teachers (AUT) and the University and College Lecturers’ Union (NATFHE) organised a conference on “Brain Drain” as the final stage of a two-year project on the subject, which had its origins within the EI’s higher education debates.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 March 2006 Union fury as employers ban unions from pay dispute talks
EI affiliates the AUT and NATFHE have reacted with astonishment and anger at news today that the Universities and Colleges Employers (Ucea) Association have gone back on a commitment to meet them next week to try and resolve the current pay dispute for higher education staff.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 March 2006 UK: Lecturers begin strike action
Members of EI affiliates the AUT and NATFHE are taking strike action today because they say promises to use new money coming into the higher education sector to improve staff pay have been broken.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 3 March 2006 UK: Unions join together to fight against tuition fee increases
A coalition of EI affiliates in the UK have joined the National Union of Students (NUS) to fight against any tuition fee increases in the run up to a funding review planned for 2008. This could result in the removal of the £3,000 cap on tuition fees by 2010.
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Equity and inclusion 2 March 2006 UK: Gender pay gap is worst in Europe
EI affiliates in the UK have expressed their opinions following the publication of the Women and Work Commission’s ‘Shaping a Fairer Future’ report which found women earn only 83% of the male hourly rate.
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Trade union rights are human rights 14 February 2006 UK: Peter Smith, former ATL general secretary dies
Former general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), and member of EI’s European Committee, Peter Smith, has died at the age of 65.
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Equity and inclusion 7 February 2006 UK: new challenges facing LGBT teachers
"With the increasing multicultural nature of western European societies, new obstacles have emerged for the achievement of LGTB rights. We hear of teachers who no longer dare to be open about their sexual orientation, afraid of hostile reactions by students some of whom are driven by religious fanatism," said EI...
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Standards and working conditions 6 February 2006 UK: Strike ballot as college tries to sack 500 lecturers, forcing them to re-apply for jobs
Lecturers at Walsall College of Arts and Technology have voted unanimously to be balloted for strike action as their management tries to use a curriculum review to impose worse contracts of employment.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2 February 2006 UK: Union achieves pay parity victory for college lecturers in Wales
A landmark agreement that will give Welsh college lecturers pay parity with schoolteachers has just been concluded, seeing £11.5m ploughed into staff pay on top of the £20m invested over 2003 and 2004.
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Standards and working conditions 1 February 2006 UK: Victory for hourly paid lecturer
A settlement in an employment tribunal case may have implications for the pay and conditions of millions of part-time workers in education in the UK.
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Standards and working conditions 23 January 2006 UK: All sex offenders to be barred from teaching
All sex offenders will be barred from working in schools, the education secretary, Ruth Kelly announced yesterday as she sought to end a career-threatening row by unveiling a tougher than expected set of streamlined regulations.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 January 2006 UK: Union's fury at vice-chancellors' excessive pay increases
EI affiliate the Association of University Teachers (AUT) has expressed its amazement at the salary increases of the vice-chancellors and principals on the board of the Universities and Colleges Employers' Association (UCEA).
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 January 2006 UK: Chancellor urges wealthy nations to ensure 'Education for All' is a reality this year
UK Chancellor Gordon Brown is urging nations to build on their promise at the G8 summit last year to more than double aid to Africa and join a £6bn drive to bring free education to all children.
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Equity and inclusion 15 December 2005 EI affiliate hosts Disabled Members’ Consultation Conference
NASUWT, a British EI affiliate, is hosting their Disabled Members’ Consultation Conference this weekend.
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Trade union rights are human rights 12 December 2005 UK: Teachers' warning over extremists
Government plans for school reform could open the door to religious extremists, teachers are warning.
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Standards and working conditions 7 December 2005 UK: 2.5% Increase is No Pay Rise
The UK government has accepted a recommendation from the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) to increase all salary points by 2.5% in 2006 and a further 2.5% in 2007.
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