Last week, Wikileaks released the secret draft text of the TiSA annex on financial services that has highlighted concerns about how the deal will be used to deregulate the financial sector at a time when stricter rules are needed to avoid a repeat of the recent crisis. Read ETUCE's Press release.
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In Ulaanbaatar’s main square, thousands of teachers and education support personnel staged a peaceful demonstration in front of the Parliament building. Their core demand is to raise the basic salary of teachers to 3.5 million tugrik and allocate adequate funding for the education sector. Currently, teachers earn between 1.2 –...
Mongolia: Thousands of teachers and education support personnel rally to demand salary increase and adequate investment in the education
Responding to a call to strike issued by a broad alliance of unions, on 18 September French education workers mobilised in massive numbers against the budget proposals presented by the François Bayrou government, which has since resigned following the National Assembly’s vote of no confidence. The workers denounced the proposed...
France: unions form massive common front to fight austerity and defend high-quality, inclusive education
La carrera de las compañías tecnológicas por integrar la inteligencia artificial (IA) en escuelas y universidades de todo el mundo continúa, dejando de lado la voz del profesorado. La conferencia de la Internacional de la Educación: Reinventando nuestro futuro: la fuerza sindical docente por una IA centrada en lo humano,...
Una IA centrada en las personas: Conferencia mundial marca el rumbo del futuro de la educación
La cuadragésimo sexta sesión del Comité Permanente de Derecho de Autor y Derechos Conexos (SCCR) de la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI) concluyó con escasos avances en el ámbito crucial de las excepciones y limitaciones para fines educativos o de investigación.
La IE reclama reforma de derechos de autor para educación e investigación
Education International and six other Global Union Federations joined together in the Asia-Pacific Region to condemn the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), signed on Sunday, 15 November 2020. The trade pact was negotiated in secrecy over more than seven years and many provisions remain unknown. The GUFs cited the danger...
Asia-Pacific : Global Union Federations in Region Condemn RCEP Trade Agreement