Todo el personal docente y de apoyo educativo tiene derecho a sindicarse y afiliarse a un sindicato que represente y defienda sus valores e intereses. Sin embargo, en todo el mundo, los sindicatos de la educación se enfrentan a graves ataques y trabajan en entornos cada vez más difíciles y hostiles. El camino a seguir pasa por revitalizar los sindicatos, ampliar su poder incrementando la afiliación y la participación activa y maximizar su impacto.
“La dignidad y la libertad de pensamiento transcienden, como un ave fénix, los barrotes y celdas de la represión y tiranía estatal”.
Dos defensores de derechos humanos y sindicales en Colombia
On July 12th, public servants will take to the streets of Lisbon to protest against recent measures taken by the Portuguese government with a view to undermining labour rights.
Portugal: National demonstration against law that threatens collective bargaining
EI strongly condemned the abduction on 10 July of Mansour Osanloo of the Tehran Workers’ Bus Union, Sherkate Vahed.
Iran: Abduction of the President of the Vahed Bus Driver's Union
A secondary school teacher convicted of “offence against the head of state” has been sentenced to two months in prison and banned from his profession after assigning his students an essay about the indiscretions of a fictional president.
Mali: Teacher banned over essay assignment
Education International joins the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) in calling for the immediate release of a secondary school teacher, a journalist and four editors jailed in Bamako for “offence against the head of state” after the publication of details of a school assignment.
Mali: EI joins the IFJ in calling for the release of imprisoned teacher and journalists
EI asks you to join in the call for the release of three teachers; our Urgent Action Appeal is relaunched in the wake of recent events.
Ethiopia: EI relaunched Urgent Action Appeal as harassment continues and teachers arrested
Mr/Madam President, distinguished delegates
Statement by Bob Harris, Senior Consultant (on behalf of Fred van Leeuwen, EI General Secretary) at the International Labour Conference 12 June 2007
Education International has written again to Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of Ethiopia, following the re-arrest of Ethiopian Teachers' Association members Antene Getnet and Meqcha Mengistu along with another teacher from the south.
Ethiopia: Harassment continues - ETA members re-arrested
Samual Morales, former teacher and regional president of the Colombian Trade Union Confederation (CUT), has been released after spending 3 years in prison.
Colombia: Teacher trade unionist released after 3 years imprisonment
EI joins the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) in mourning the death of founder member and national treasurer MacDonald Mangauzani on 27 May. Reports suggest that he succumbed to internal injuries sustained from brutal torture while in police custody last February.
Zimbabwe: EI mourns death of tortured PTUZ founder
Of the seven teachers arrested and taken to Evin prison during a protest on 8 May, five have been released after posting bail of $30,000 each.
Iran: Five Teachers detained on 8 May released
A joint statement was issued on 1 May by all Cambodian trade unions, including EI member organisation the Cambodia Independent Teachers' Association (CITA), calling for investigation into the murder of trade union leaders.
Cambodia: Unions Call for Justice for Murdered Unionists
Earlier this year we reported on the detention of three elected officers of the Ethiopian Teachers Association (ETA), including Meqcha Mengistu, a member of the Committee for the implementation of the EFAIDS Programme. The three men were finally released on 22 March after three months of imprisonment and torture and...
ETA/Ethiopia Programme Coordinator Freed
The Chairperson of EI member organisation, the Ethiopian Teachers' Association (ETA), has finally been released from police custody, after the court cleared him of the charges brought against him.
Ethiopia: teacher leader finally released
EI sent a strong message to the Greek Minister of National Education and Religious Affairs on 4 April, condemning the use of violence by the police against teacher unionists and students during their demonstration on 8 March.
Greece: EI condemns use of violence against teachers and students
The three elected officers of the Ethiopian Teachers Association (ETA) detained since December 2006 have finally been released on 22 March. Tilahun Ayalew, Meqcha Mengistu and Antenech Getenet were detained and tortured by the police for over three months. They were freed from custody when they last appeared in court...
Urgent Action Appeal: Detained Ethiopian Teachers Finally Released!