Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4
19 February 2026
EI Welcomes the Marrakech Global Framework for Action on Child Labour and Calls for Quality Education, Social Dialogue, and Peace
Education International (EI) joined governments, employers, other unionists and civil society representatives at the 6th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour in Marrakech on 11-13 February 2026, where the newly adopted Marrakech Global Framework for Action
reaffirmed what educators worldwide know: universal access to free, compulsory, and quality...
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4
19 February 2026
Africa ECE Network: Unions sharpen strategies to develop and strengthen early childhood education
Improving the professional status of early childhood education (ECE) personnel is central to improving both access and quality. Education unions across Africa are strengthening their collective advocacy to secure quality ECE, as well as recognition and decent conditions for workers in this sector.
Ukraine: Coordinated action secures salary increase for teachers
The multifaceted union campaign to raise teacher salaries and value the teacher union as a prominent social dialogue partner in Ukraine stands as a compelling example of the power of collective union advocacy and international solidarity.
#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...