Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4
20 May 2026
Portugal: 25,000 teachers take to the streets to demand respect and good working conditions
Around 25,000 teachers marched in Lisbon on 16 May in a major national demonstration organised by Education International member organisation FENPROF. Education professionals from across the country came together to deliver a powerful message: “We are teachers. We shape the future. We demand recognition NOW!”
Fighting the commercialisation of education
12 May 2026
Belgium: trade unions and civil society stand united against rising energy prices and government reforms
Rising energy prices and the anti-social reforms put forward by the federal “Arizona” coalition government prompted tens of thousands of people to respond to the call from Belgium’s joint trade union front, formed by the CSC, FGTB, and CGSLB.
A message of gratitude and determination from Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris to Education International and its members
On 8 April, education unionists everywhere were relieved and thrilled to learn of the release and return to France of Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris
. Cécile and Jacques are two French teachers and trade unionists who were arbitrary detained in inhumane conditions in Iranian prisons for nearly four years....
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...