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Through our 375 member organisations, we represent more than 33 million teachers and education support personnel in 180 countries and territories.

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Latest Updates

  1. News 5 June 2026

    Belgium: budget cuts to state education adopted in a denial of democracy

    Despite strong public opposition and strike action in schools across the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (FWB) called by a united front of education unions, the FWB Parliament, meeting in a plenary session, voted in the early hours of 5 June to approve the government’s planned cuts in education spending.

    Belgium: budget cuts to state education adopted in a denial of democracy
  2. News 5 June 2026

    International Labour Conference: Education International calls for teachers and unions to be at the center of the debate on Artificial Intelligence

    “Education is not an assembly line, a content delivery platform, or, under any circumstances, a transaction. Our students are not data, and our classrooms are not markets.” This was stated by José Olivera of Uruguay’s National Federation of Secondary Education Teachers (FENAPES) during his intervention before the International Labour Organization...

    International Labour Conference: Education International calls for teachers and unions to be at the center of the debate on Artificial Intelligence
  3. Worlds of Education 5 June 2026

    School buildings and heatwaves: Defending education workers’ rights

    Cyril Verlingue

    Education unions around the world are taking action to protect the health and well-being of education staff and communities in the context of the worsening climate crisis. To mark World Environment Day, celebrated every year on 5 June, we are featuring the example of the French union SNES-FSU. More information...

    School buildings and heatwaves: Defending education workers’ rights
  4. News 4 June 2026

    Global Rights Index: Governments failing workers, deepening crackdown on unions and labour rights

    “Governments are failing to protect working people, and in many cases are actively undermining them,” states the 2026 Global Rights Index . This global report, published annually by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), surveys regions and countries’ workers’ rights violations, has seen a continuing trend of workers’ rights deteriorating...

    Global Rights Index: Governments failing workers, deepening crackdown on unions and labour rights
  5. News 29 May 2026

    Education International brings educators’ voice to the International Labour Conference

    Education International (EI) will bring a diverse delegation of 17 representatives to the114th International Labour Conference (ILC), taking place from 1–12 June 2026 in Geneva. Reflecting EI’s global reach, the delegation includes members from all regions of the world and is led by EI General Secretary David Edwards, who is...

    Education International brings educators’ voice to the International Labour Conference
  6. News 28 May 2026

    Syria: Union calls for mother-tongue education as a cornerstone of inclusive and democratic societies

    On the occasion of Kurdish Language Day, the Union of Teachers in North and East Syria (UTNES), an affiliate of Education International (EI), has renewed its call for the official recognition of the Kurdish language in Syria, stressing that mother-tongue education is a fundamental human right and a cornerstone of...

    Syria: Union calls for mother-tongue education as a cornerstone of inclusive and democratic societies

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