Education unions celebrate Democracy Day by mobilising and organising to defend it
Democracy is a core value of education unions around the world. On the International Day of Democracy, 15 September, education unions from Education International came together online to reaffirm their commitment to defending and advancing democracy, sharing insights into the challenges they are facing and strategising the way forward.
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4
15 September 2025
From dialogue to action: lusophone unions ask their governments to Go Public! and fund education
In response to shrinking foreign aid, rapid digitalisation, and growing threats to democracy, Education International-affiliated Lusophone teachers’ unions convened on July 16 in Guinea-Bissau to reinforce social and policy dialogue. The meeting aimed to advance EI’s Go Public! Fund Education campaign
, strengthening collective efforts to defend and promote quality...
Europe: Unions strategise next steps of Go Public! Fund Education campaign amid chronic underinvestment in the sector
Education unions in Southern Europe are working to address the persistent teacher shortage in their countries through the Go Public! Fund Education
campaign. Coming together in Athens from May 11 to the 13, unions from Cyprus, Greece, France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain shared insights into the challenges they are facing...
#youngteachers “I owe my union activism to my students”, by Anthony Dowling (TUI, Ireland).
Anthony Dowling
If you are passing through Glasnevin Cemetery on the outskirts of Dublin City Centre, you may come across the noticeable yet simple gravestone of James Larkin. Engraved on it is ‘James Larkin 1876-1947, The Labour Leader’. Larkin’s Gravestone may be simple but the legacy he left behind is much more...