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  1. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 16 June 2014

    Quality Education in Europe – still a long way to go. Soon an ETUCE film documentary to state it

    On 22 September 2014 ETUCE’s final conference of the project “Development of teacher unions’ expertise on exiting the crisis through quality education” is taking place in conjunction with the European culmination event of the EI global initiative Unite for Quality Education.

    Quality Education in Europe – still a long way to go. Soon an ETUCE film documentary to state it
  2. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 May 2014

    Latvia: Union mobilises for pay increase

    Educators and science employees actively participated in protest actions in Riga to demand additional state financing for effective education reforms on 12 May.

    Latvia: Union mobilises for pay increase
  3. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 May 2014

    Winds of change for Europe: 25 May 2014 vote for Europe

    ETUCE is calling on all its affiliates to vote for candidates that can change the course of austerity policies in Europe, to vote for a social and democratic Europe.

    Winds of change for Europe: 25 May 2014 vote for Europe
  4. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 May 2014

    Lebanon: No deal in Parliament on salary scale bill

    Lebanon’s Parliament has failed to pass a public sector salary scale bill, which would have seen an overall maximum salary increase of $1.4 billion.

    Lebanon: No deal in Parliament on salary scale bill
  5. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 6 May 2014

    USA: 2015 budget unsatisfactory, say teacher unions

    EI’s national affiliates, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA), have slammed the budgetary proposals contained for 2015 put forward by the House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan.

    USA: 2015 budget unsatisfactory, say teacher unions
  6. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 6 May 2014

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  7. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 6 May 2014

    Secret negotiations threaten public services in 50 countries

    The 6th round of secret negotiations on the Trade in Services Agreement took place in Geneva during last week. The participants (the EU, Australia, Canada, Chile, Taiwan, Colombia, Costa Rica, Hong Kong, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Liechtenstein, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, South Korea, Switzerland, Turkey and the...

    Secret negotiations threaten public services in 50 countries
  8. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 April 2014

    ETUCE Committee adopts the support package to Ukraine

    The ETUCE Committee expressed strong solidarity with the ETUCE members and their affiliates in Ukraine and unanimously supported the call to provide moral, political and financial support to our colleagues.

    ETUCE Committee adopts the support package to Ukraine
  9. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 April 2014

    Teaching Profession Now and in Future - Passing on Cultural Values

    The Spring ETUCE Committee 2014 On 14-15 April 2014, the ETUCE Committee convened to debate on the major challenges and issues currently at stake in the education sector in Europe. Bringing the future priorities for teacher unions in Europe into focus, the Committee members decided that the ETUCE Special conference...

    Teaching Profession Now and in Future - Passing on Cultural Values
  10. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 April 2014

    Spain: Austerity called into question

    Austerity measures and structural reforms have come under fire in Spain, one of the countries most affected by the economic crisis. Now, the Constitutional Court of Spain and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) are reviewing the viability and adequacy of the laws passed as part of the restructuring plans.

    Spain: Austerity called into question
  11. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 8 April 2014

    Euro-demonstration: 50.0000 people demanded new directions for Europe

    50.000 people from 21 European countries took to the streets of Brussels to participate in the large European trade union demonstration organised by ETUC on 4th April 2014 in Brussels. Trade unions from many different sectors and from all over Europe raised their voice against further austerity measures and for...

    Euro-demonstration: 50.0000 people demanded new directions for Europe
  12. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 8 April 2014

    New report underlines the fact that Europe is still suffering from the crisis

    The Social Protection Committee released the 2013 annual report on the social situation in the European Union named ''Social Europe – many ways, one objective" on 19 March 2014. The report stresses that the social situation in the European Union is not improving while in some countries the situation is...

    New report underlines the fact that Europe is still suffering from the crisis
  13. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 8 April 2014

    The European Commission declares that public consultation is not a referendum

    On 27 March 2014, the European Commission finally launched its public consultation on investment protection and investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). The deadline for submission will be three months following the date when the consultation is available in all official EU languages.

    The European Commission declares that public consultation is not a referendum
  14. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 April 2014

    EI joins 40.000 on the streets demanding a new path for Europe

    The message from Brussels today was clear as thousands took to the streets in protest: Austerity is not working! Trade union delegations from all over Europe gathered in Europe’s capital to denounce the fact that over 26 million Europeans are unemployed - 10 million more than in 2008. The situation...

    EI joins 40.000 on the streets demanding a new path for Europe
  15. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 March 2014

    Iceland: Strike over better conditions for teachers

    Following on the failure of negotiations on a new collective agreement for secondary school teachers, EI’s national affiliate, the Kennarasamband Islands (KI), called on its members, upper secondary teachers employed by the state, to go on strike on 17 March.

    Iceland: Strike over better conditions for teachers
  16. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 March 2014

    OECD: cuts in public spending are not a good and sustainable solution

    The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has warned that cutbacks in government spending on social policies risk worsening the effects of the recent recession.

    OECD: cuts in public spending are not a good and sustainable solution