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UK: COVID runs riot

November 28, 2020

With the COVID-19 crisis still raging, teacher unionists in the UK have deplored the falling school attendance rates and presented a plan to secure safe schools and ensure quality education during the pandemic.

The Philippines: Unionism Is not Terrorism

November 24, 2020

Trade union and other leaders and activists from the Philippines recounted stories of repression in the Philippines in a Council of Global Unions webinar held on 23 November.

Collectives’ sigh of relief but US is anything but united

November 05, 2020

Pandemic, recession, reconciling racism: US teacher unions look to Joe Biden to repair a hurting nation

The teaching profession: the light that illuminates

November 03, 2020

Teachers and journalists are among the favourite targets of zealots and bigots of all stripes because they “foment” tolerance, understanding, freedom and truth. Teachers also encourage the “dangerous” practices of critical thinking, questioning, and free discussion.

Global education industry capitalises on pandemic crisis

August 07, 2020

Education International has launched ground-breaking new research that maps the extent of private actors’ influence in education since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Philippines: State’s terror campaign against teachers must stop

August 01, 2020

Philippines’ Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) has denounced the harassment of regional secretary of the union and public elementary school teacher Maria Cristy Borbe by military personnel.

Ukraine: Anti-worker legislation delayed following protests

July 11, 2020

In a series of warning protests on 30 June, trade unions from all sectors, including education, mobilised against proposed changes in labour law violating freedom of association, the right to organise, and the right to collective bargaining.

Unions unite to shape post-pandemic world

July 11, 2020

Union leaders and progressive thinkers, including US civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton, joined an international online democracy conference at the end of June where trade unions from around the world shared ideas for an improved post-pandemic world.

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