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Organisers report that more than eight million people participated in over 3,300 No Kings events across all 50 US states. Outside the US, Americans living abroad and others took part in demonstrations in France, Portugal, Germany, Italy, and Greece.

Thousands of workers, national and international trade unions, social, political and human rights organisations reaffirmed their commitment to Memory, Truth and Justice on the 50th anniversary of the civil-military coup in Argentina. A range of commemorative events were held, including round tables, panel discussions, meetings, and mass mobilisations.

Reginald “Reg” Weaver, an outspoken advocate for public education and a leading African American labour leader, passed away Tuesday at age 86. The global education union movement remembers and pays tribute to a tireless champion for the right to education and the rights of education workers in the United States...

Many education systems across Africa remain structured by colonial legacies: what is taught, the languages used in classrooms, and the approach to formal schooling. Education unions must lead the effort to decolonise minds, curricula, and education financing across the continent. This was the call issued during a webinar of union...

Confronted with a 2026 budget “set to asphyxiate the public education system”, French unions are pressing for more resources, jobs, and pay increases. Building on the many local initiatives led by employees determined to defend their working conditions and the right to education, they are calling for a week of...

Unions worldwide are supporting educators in Ukraine, as they struggle to organise, stand up for public education and defend workers’ rights. As the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its fourth year, Education International’s development cooperation (DC) partners and union leaders continue to build solidarity.

With the 2030 deadline for achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 only a few years away, the Global Education Monitoring Report has released its 2026 edition focusing on access and equity.

Amid political turmoil, a military dictatorship, and displacement driven by ongoing conflict in Myanmar, the Parami School stands as a powerful example of resilience and hope.

Teachers in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq have endured years of late, reduced, or missing salaries. Kurdistan Teachers’ Union (KTU) President Abdulwahed Mohammed Haje says the crisis has become a never ending “Tale of One Thousand and One Nights” and calls on the Kurdistan Regional Government to remedy the injustice...

After two days of rich and insightful discussions, the International Summit on the Teaching Profession (ISTP) concluded with a strong recognition of the relational nature of education and with concrete commitments from the participating delegations.

For several months now, in response to the breakdown in social dialogue, teachers in Senegal have been mobilising in defence of their rights, quality public education, and the agreements signed with the government. The movement is led by the G7, a coalition of the seven most representative trade unions in...

Bullying based on sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) continues to deny millions of learners and education workers their right to safe, inclusive and quality education and learning. This reality – and the urgent need for collective action – was at the centre of a global...

The Education International (EI) Go Public! Fund Education campaign has consolidated itself as a central policy and mobilisation framework for education unions across the Pacific. What began as a strategic regional call to address teacher shortages has evolved into a coordinated effort linking national union action to global education policy...

The 16th edition of the International Summit on the Teaching Profession (ISTP) kicks off today in Tallinn, Estonia, bringing together education ministers and education union leaders from 20 countries and territories.

As part of its nationwide “Protect Our Kids, Our Families and Our Communities” mobilisation, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) brought together a broad coalition of educators, parents, and community allies to call attention to the growing pressures on working families in the United States and the urgent need to...

At a time when education systems across Africa are confronted with major structural challenges – chronic underfunding, teacher shortages, unequal access, growing competition from the private sector – education unions have a vital role to play. A training session organised in Accra, Ghana, brought together several unions from the region...

Gaza’s education sector remains in one of the gravest crises in its modern history. After more than two years of war and genocide, Gaza’s schooling system stands “on the brink of collapse,” with over 97% of schools damaged or destroyed and the majority of the region’s 658,000 school‑age children having...

Education unions in many parts of the world face increasingly challenging conditions: sustained underfunding of public education, attacks on trade union rights, and growing pressures to privatise and commercialise education systems. In this context, the development cooperation work of Education International and its members goes beyond the technical and into...