15.03.2019 Workers in Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan, have been holding rallies since 22 February, demanding increased wages for low-paid categories of workers to 150 thousand tenge (US$395), jobs for the unemployed, and full freedom to exercise trade union activities. Kazakh authorities have...
European education union leaders in solidarity with Dutch colleagues Topics in this post: The Committee of the Education International’s European region, the European Trade Union Committee for Education, has called on the public authorities of Netherlands to ensure decent working...
15.03.2019 For the past 27 days, workers at the Ford India plant in Sanand, Gujarat, have been boycotting food provided by the company in protest against management’s refusal to increase wages in collective bargaining negotiations. The Sanand Ford India workers...
Education International’s Member Organisations in Morocco have declared their intention to intensify their united struggle against privatisation to ensure free public education for all. The Casablanca Declaration is the culmination of 2 days of work from 7-8 March, that brought...
Iraq: Kurdistan’s education unionists take stock of obstacles to quality education system Topics in this post: Education unionists from the Kurdistan region of Iraq have reaffirmed the need for public authorities to allocate adequate funding for quality education and teachers....
Teachers stand up in support of their students Topics in this post: The student #FridaysForFuture mobilisations against climate change are growing in intensity and reach - with one day to go before the global strike action for climate teachers are...
Union women and feminist allies take the campaign for the adoption of an International Labour Organisation’s Convention to the 63rd Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women. An Education International (EI) delegation of sixteen female leaders...
In a joint statement to the General Assembly of the Human Rights Council, IndustriALL Global Union and Swiss organization, Europe-Third World Center (CETIM), said:“Contract workers at Shell Nigeria are living in poverty, with no job security and poor healthcare that...
9th International Summit on the Teaching Profession looks into the future of teaching and learning Topics in this post: Education International has opened the sessions making a strong case for the role of teachers in shaping the future of public...
The decision to continue the fight came after unsuccessful talks on 7 March between Ford's CEO James Hackett and leaders of the ABC Metalworkers' Union - members of the National Confederation of Metalworkers (CNM-CUT), which is affiliated to IndustriALL Global...