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Trade union rights are human rights 7 September 2018 UK: education unions express concerns about student and teacher’ wellbeing on the release of GSCE results
The release of this year’s results of the GSCE, the certificate ending secondary education in the UK, have prompted teacher unions to criticise the latest governmental reforms in the education system, and express their concerns about student and educator health and wellbeing.
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Trade union rights are human rights 6 September 2018 Canada: insecure academic contracts are “major sources of stress”
Most academic staff working on contract at Canadian universities and colleges aren’t employed on fixed-term contracts by choice, and job precarity is a major source of stress for academics, a survey of the Canadian Association of University Teachers shows.
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Standards and working conditions 3 September 2018 Caribbean education unions’ young teacher training for a bright future for teachers and education
Education International has assisted a fruitful workshop for Southern Caribbean’s young teacher unionists to enable sustainable and strong education unions promoting quality education in the region.
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Trade union rights are human rights 29 August 2018 Free teacher unionist Mohammed Habibi!
Education International (EI) launches a LabourStart campaign to request the immediate and unconditional release of Mohammed Habibi and the respect of trade union rights in Iran.
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Union growth 29 August 2018 Free teacher unionist Mohammed Habibi!
Education International (EI) launches a LabourStart campaign to request the immediate and unconditional release of Mohammed Habibi and the respect of trade union rights in Iran.
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Standards and working conditions 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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Trade union rights are human rights 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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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 August 2018 Kenya: delocalisation policy deepens teacher shortage
The Kenya National Union of Teachers has called on its government to stop the delocalisation policy that has forced more than a hundred teachers to leave the profession act to close the national teacher gap, and stop the current teacher appraisal system.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 14 August 2018 Indonesia: education union’s swift support to earthquake-affected teachers, students and schools
Education unionists have launched several actions to support teachers, students and their families in Indonesia’s Lombok areas ravaged by strong earthquakes.
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Trade union rights are human rights 10 August 2018 Four new states endorse the Safe Schools Declaration
Education International welcomes the move by Djibouti, Macedonia, Peru, and San Marino to endorse the Safe Schools Declaration, committing themselves to protect students, teachers, schools, and universities during times of violent conflict.
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Trade union rights are human rights 8 August 2018 Iran: teacher trade unionist Mohammed Habibi sentenced to ten and a half years in prison
Education International strongly condemns the prison sentence imposed on Mohammad Habibi, an Iranian teacher and a member of the board of directors of the Iranian Teachers'Trade Association of Tehran.The sentence is for ten and a half years of confinement.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 6 August 2018 Lesotho: public authorities must act on education unions’ concerns
Education International has supported its Lesotho’s affiliates striking to protest the government’s refusal to consider their legitimate demands concerning teacher professional issues and the achievement of quality education for all.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2 August 2018 UK: worrying mental health issues for too many students
Reacting to the announcement from the UK Department for Education on plans for all schools to teach children about good physical and mental health, the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers has stressed that mental health issues represent a daily fact of life for many students.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 July 2018 Public private partnerships: education unions involved in cross-sectoral activities
Education International and partners have reasserted the need for organisations from the water, housing, education and health sectors to take coordinated action on public private partnerships.
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Trade union rights are human rights 23 July 2018 American Federation of Teachers: Hope in times of darkness. Our collective voice is stronger!
Under the banner of "We care. We fight. We show up. We vote,” more than 3 000 educators, health professionals and public employees came together for the biannual convention of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Trade union rights are human rights 19 July 2018 Education and Solidarity Network will relentlessly advocate for improved health and well-being in education
At its General Assembly, the Education and Solidarity Network renewed its commitment to remain a trusted, expanding and innovative network promoting health and well-being in educational settings the world over.
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Trade union rights are human rights 13 July 2018 Brazil: trade union’s resistance to attacks on education
The Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores em Educação has been successful in pushing back a bill in the Brazilian Parliament that would prevent the expression of any political, ideological, or partisan ideas in classrooms.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 July 2018 New Zealand teachers and nurses to hold first mass strike in a generation
Thousands of nurses, primary school teachers and principals are calling on New Zealand’s public authorities to ensure decent pay for educators, as well as guaranteeing the future of quality public education, and are prepared to walk off the job.
New Zealand teachers and nurses to hold first mass strike in a generation