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Latin America

  1. Trade union rights are human rights 17 December 2020

    Mexico: COVID-19 must be considered an occupational disease

    The Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (SNTE) has asked the Mexican Ministry of Public Education to ensure that COVID-19 is considered an occupational disease. This is just one measure to facilitate the safe return to presential teaching and learning.

    Mexico: COVID-19 must be considered an occupational disease
  2. Trade union rights are human rights 5 May 2020

    Latin America: Women Education Workers Unite in the Face of Pandemic

    Representatives from the gender, equity and equality units of EI member unions across Latin America were invited by the regional office to participate in a virtual meeting last Wednesday to reflect on the situation of women in general, and women educators in particular, in the time of COVID-19.

    Latin America: Women Education Workers Unite in the Face of Pandemic
  3. Union renewal and development 6 December 2019

    Latin America, united more than ever against neoliberalism and the extreme right

    The representatives of the trade unions of the education sector affiliated with Education International Latin America (EILA) met in Brazil on 3, 4 and 5 December to chart the course of the Latin American Educational Movement.

    Latin America, united more than ever against neoliberalism and the extreme right
  4. Union renewal and development 3 May 2019

    Latin America, Prepared for the EI World Congress

    The regional committee of Education International Latin America (EILA) met from 24–27 April in Argentina to decide on the policy that will guide the region over the coming months.

    Latin America, Prepared for the EI World Congress
  5. Union renewal and development 19 February 2019

    Latin America

    Latin America

    Latin America
  6. Union renewal and development 24 September 2018

    Latin America

    Latin America

    Latin America
  7. Union growth 23 August 2018

    #EI25: “When Ordinary People Demand Justice”, by Lily Eskelsen García

    Lily Eskelsen García

    Sometimes what touches us at an international meeting isn’t what’s on the agenda. It’s what was outside on the street. Sometimes it’s the crushing courage of tiny, fragile grandmothers who would not be stopped and who serve as an example to all social justice activists of what we are called...

    #EI25: “When Ordinary People Demand Justice”, by Lily Eskelsen García
  8. Climate action and literacy 27 July 2018

    Latin America: Public education is a social right and is essential to building equality

    Public education is a social right that must be guaranteed, maintained and financed by the government, and it is essential to building equality. This is the overarching message of the educators who gathered at the Regional Meeting of Education International Latin America (EILA) in Cochabamba, Bolivia.

    Latin America: Public education is a social right and is essential to building equality
  9. Union renewal and development 8 February 2018

    Latin America

    Latin America

    Latin America
  10. Indigenous Peoples and teachers unions

    Host organizations
    Lärarförbundet-Sweden and UEN-Norway
    Cooperating organizations
    Lärarförbundet-Sweden and UEN-Norway
    Countries
    Latin America
    Start date
    1 January 2018
    End date
    31 December 2019
    Indigenous Peoples and teachers unions
  11. Pedagogic Movement of Latin America

    Host organizations
    Education International, Regional Office for Latin America
    Cooperating organizations
    Lärarförbundet-Sweden and UEN-Norway
    Countries
    Latin America
    Start date
    1 January 2018
    End date
    31 December 2019
    Pedagogic Movement of Latin America
  12. Union renewal and development 24 November 2017

    International partnership with the Pedagogical Movement

    The Norwegian education union (Utdanningsforbundet, UEN) has supported the Latin American “Movimiento Pedagógico” since its inception.

    International partnership with the Pedagogical Movement
  13. Fighting the commercialisation of education 26 September 2017

    Latin America: a unified strategy in defence of quality public education

    With a growing number of countries in Latin America hit by the privatisation and commercialisation of education, the response, coordination and strategy is reaching higher levels.

    Latin America: a unified strategy in defence of quality public education
  14. Union renewal and development 25 April 2017

    Latin America

    Latin America's report

    Latin America
  15. Trade union rights are human rights 9 November 2012

    Colombia:

    Miguel Angel Beltran

    Colombia: