Make garment factories in Bangladesh safe
April 30, 2013, Hits:84
Nearly 5,000 workers protested in Dhaka on 26 April expressing outrage at the death to hundreds and injury to thousands of garment workers in the Rana Plaza building collapse. Join the campaign and add your voice of protest on the LabourStart campai...
Read moreEI Condemns The Killing Of Shahnaz Nazli
March 28, 2013, Hits:260
Education International (EI) calls on teachers to condemn the killing of Shahnaz Nazli, a female teacher shot in Pakistan for wanting to teach girls. EI invites you to sign en masse the petition launched by Gordon Brown, the United Nations Special En...
Read moreCuts Won't Secure Europe's Future
March 11, 2013, Hits:208
Schools and teachers throughout Europe are in crisis in the wake of massive funding cuts. Austerity measures, aimed at preventing financial meltdown, are savaging education systems across Europe. In some countries, teachers’ salaries have been cut ...
Read moreTurkey: More than 100 public sector unionists arrested
February 28, 2013, Hits:258
In the early morning of Tuesday, 19 February, Turkish police targeted members and leaders of the public sector union KESK, arresting at least 100 of them, including members of the teachers union. Overall, 167 arrest warrants were issued for trade un...
Read moreMalala Yousafzai : A Crime Committed
January 31, 2013, Hits:186
Malala Yousafzai has done more for education than any other politician in her country. Some say she done more than others in her plight against the Taliban to defend a young girl’s right to an education. On October 9 Malala was shot in the head by ...
Read moreThe heroes of Newtown
December 22, 2012, Hits:345
The strength and courage of teachers and school staff — the kind of public employees so often scorned of late — are the revelation of Sandy Hook. As the nation continues this week to deal with the grief and heartache left behind by the murder of 26 ...
Read moreEducators celebrate International Day for Human Rights
December 10, 2012, Hits:265
As trade unions mark the International Day for Human Rights on 10 December, EI pays tribute to teachers and education workers around the world who fight for the right to live and work in dignity. These educators also fight for freedom of expression,...
Read moreBahrain: Trade unionist released from prison
December 4, 2012, Hits:277
EI welcomed the release from prison of Jalila Al-Salman, the acting President of the Bahraini Teachers’ Association (BTA), on 25 November. Her colleague, Mahdi Abu Dheeb, the BTA President, is nevertheless still serving five years in the Jaw prison....
Read moreOccupied Palestinian Territories: Gaza Humanitarian Appeal
November 20, 2012, Hits:330
DONATE NOW to support emergency packages to Palestinian families in the Gaza Strip. Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA launched its Gaza Appeal in 2006, in response to a rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza and urgent requests for assistance fr...
Read moreChicago teachers educate the nation
October 8, 2012, Hits:369
It was nine days that shook Chicago – and the nation. Twenty five thousand public school teachers, guidance counsellors, speech-language pathologists, social workers, nurses and other professionals, members of Chicago Teachers Union Local 1, stood up...
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