Development cooperation: how can education unions work best as a network?

Published: 24.05.2019
49 min

development cooperation

In an Education International’s EdVoices podcast, Danish Union of Teachers’ International Secretary Tore Asmussen and the Director of international and social justice programme of the Canadian Teachers’ Federation Dan Martin reflect on the importance for education unions to work collectively as a network on development cooperati...

Latin America defines the next steps in the fight against privatization

Published: 24.05.2019
29 min

Union leaders have gathered in Costa Rica to discuss how to take the global response against the privatisation of education to the next level.

Asia-Pacific region calls for international action on copyright

Published: 24.05.2019
59 min

copyright

International action is essential in order to address the challenges that educators and researchers face when working with copyright-protected materials. That was the finding of a recent regional seminar on copyright exceptions for education, research, libraries, archives and museums.

In Italy, unions mobilise to defend academic freedom

Published: 24.05.2019
Last edited: 23.05.2019
17 min

After the suspension of a teacher for the contents of a video produced by her students, the Italian education unions are taking action to denounce an attack on academic freedom and a serious threat to democracy.

Jordan: the national Labour Law should uphold trade union rights, not deny them

Published: 24.05.2019
Last edited: 23.05.2019
38 min

Education International is in solidarity with its member organisation in Jordan, who challenge the amendments made by parliament to the labour law and signed by the King that make the labour law weaker, when there is a compelling need to make it stronger.