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News 30 March 2023 UNSA Education's Barometer of Education Professions: taking the pulse of French educators
UNSA Education has launched a survey of French educators for the 2023 edition of its Barometer of education professions. This survey will allow education staff to talk about their working conditions, their aspirations and their vision of their profession.
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News 29 March 2023 Cape Verde: We stand for safe schools!
Following a serious incident in a school, the Federaçao Caboverdiana dos Professores (FECAP), Education International’s member organisation in Cape Verde, has expressed deep concern and reiterated its rejection of all violence in educational settings against teachers, education support personnel or students.
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News 9 March 2023 Mexico: together we school
Job security has become one of the main achievements of the SNTE education workers union in Mexico. Thanks to the permanent programme for granting tenure to teachers agreed on with the federal government over 800,000 teaching positions have been regularised throughout the country in recent months.
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News 3 March 2023 Iraq: Education union joins global campaign for increased public financing of education
The Kurdistan Teachers Union (KTU) has organised a seminar to introduce to its members the new Education International (EI) “Go Public! Fund Education” campaign.
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News 22 February 2023 Portugal: massive demonstration demands respect for the teaching profession
A hundred and fifty thousand teachers joined in a demonstration led by education unions in Lisbon demanding respect for the teaching profession.
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News 17 February 2023 Development cooperation backs up Arab education unions’ actions for democracy, gender equality and quality education
Many development cooperation (DC) partners participated in the Education International (EI) Café at the EI Arab Countries Cross-Regional Structure (ACCRS). They received information on recent challenges and progress of education unions in the region.
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News 16 February 2023 India: International union solidarity crucial to educators’ professional development
The All India Primary Teachers’ Federation (AIPTF) has organised a capacity building programme aimed at creating a pool of resource persons who would provide professional development training to the members of its affiliate, the Kerala Pradesh School Teachers Association (KPSTA).
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News 9 February 2023 Educators united to fully fund public education
David Edwards, General Secretary of Education International, raised the alarm on the growing global teacher shortage and called for increased public education funding in his speech at the launch event of Education International's new global campaign, Go Public! Fund Education.
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News 31 January 2023 UK: Educators deserve a pay rise now!
Education International and member organisations fully support the National Education Union (NEU), organising a one-day strike in England and Wales on February 1st to demand a fully funded, above inflation pay rise for educators.
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News 31 January 2023 Israel/Palestine: Educators planting the seeds of hope
During a four-day solidarity mission to Israel and Palestine, elected leaders of Education International (EI) and the US National Education Association (NEA) leaders met with governmental authorities, trade union activists, UN agencies and teachers. They also welcomed the agreement on the timely payment and increase of Palestinian educators’ salaries.
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News 30 January 2023 Education unions across the world mobilise to Go Public and Fund Education
On 24 January, Education International marked the International Day of Education by launching its new global campaign: Go Public! Fund Education. The campaign is an urgent call for governments to fully fund public education and to value, respect, and pay teachers and education workers as the indispensable professionals at the...
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News 23 January 2023 Go public! Fund Education: Education International launches new global campaign
On 24 January 2023, International Day of Education, Education International is launching a new global campaign to fund public education and the teaching profession. The campaign Go public! Fund Education will support Education International´s member organisations in their fight against budget cuts, austerity, and privatisation, and as they mobilise to...
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News 23 January 2023 Morocco: unions and government sign agreement on unified status for teachers
Social dialogue has led to the signing of an agreement between the Moroccan government and education unions on issues such as a unified employment status for national education employees. This new status will replace all pre-existing employment arrangements, which means a fresh start for all, contract teachers included, based on...
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News 23 January 2023 Education unionists take stock of development cooperation in Asia-Pacific
During a Development Cooperation (DC) Café on Asia-Pacific held on 12 January, DC partners learnt about the accomplishments in the region in partnership with member organisations. Anand Singh, Director of the Education International Asia-Pacific (EIAP) regional office, reported on priorities and challenges faced by the region as well as activities...
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News 6 December 2022 France: State education staff called to the ballot box for the social dialogue elections
French education unions are currently campaigning for their social dialogue elections. The 1.4 million voters in the Ministry of National Education and Youth, the Ministry of Sports and the Ministry of Higher Education and Research are invited to vote by internet from 1 to 8 December 2022.
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News 3 November 2022 Israel: Education union signs a new salary agreement for teachers
Education International congratulates the Israel Teachers’ Union (ITU) for signing a landmark salary agreement for teachers.
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News 19 October 2022 France: trade union front against the government reform of vocational
Education International stands in solidarity with French education trade unionists who strongly supported the inter-union mobilisation on 18 October against the reform of vocational high schools.
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News 11 October 2022 Belgium: Common front of education unions announces renewed action
After three successful actions in the last school year, which clearly demonstrated the frustration and anger of education staff, the common front of education unions is asking the government of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (FWB) to respect the commitments it has made and is organising a one-day strike in schools on...
Belgium: Common front of education unions announces renewed action