Education International delegation to defend teachers’ rights at the International Labour Conference
From 2-13 June, an Education International (EI) delegation is attending the 113th session of the International Labour Conference
. Fifty teachers and education professionals from 26 countries are present at the annual conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO).
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4
21 May 2025
Burkina Faso: International cooperation and mutual respect drive professional development and union building
Since 2006, teachers’ unions in Burkina Faso and Canada have been working together to strengthen capacity building for teachers and their unions in Burkina Faso. Despite security challenges, this cooperation has continued to bear fruit.
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...
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4
5 October 2019
#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...