Brazil: concerns over the long-standing campaign targeting former President Lula Topics in this post: In a letter to Brazilian President Michel Temer, Education International (EI) expressed great concern over the long-standing campaign of defamation and political harassment against former Brazilian...
The Mexican government and two corporate trade union centres (CTM and CROC) submitted their proposed amendments to the Federal Labour Law (FLL) in December. A new session of Congress will begin on 1 February, when senators will debate the bill.IndustriALL Global Union...
The 1,030 unionized workers were locked out at 3am on 11 January, when their collective agreement expired. This came after the employer unilaterally pulled out of contract negotiations and presented the union with a final offer that was rejected by...
Gender-based wage discrimination has long been illegal in Iceland, as it is in many countries around the world. But the gender pay gap persists. Under the Equal Pay Standard law which came into effect on January 1, employers now must...
As EI turns 25, a new series of podcasts sheds light on past and future A quarter of a century after its inception, a series of podcasts on Education International’s history, values and activities is putting sound to the organisation’s...
25.01.2018 IndustriALL Indian affiliate Chanda Cement Works Employees Union have signed a wage agreement covering over 1,000 contract workers at, a Lafarge Holcim plant. Drawn-out wage negotiations by the Chanda Cement Works Employees Union (CCWEU) have resulted in the signing...
Australian researcher Tom Alegounarias presented his work on the development of global professional teaching standards to Education International’s Executive Board, part of an effort to provide teachers the power to define their own profession. Beginning with the Unite for Quality...
The government of Algeria has further escalated its attacks on the independent energy union SNATEGS, which organizers workers at the state energy company SONELGAZ. SNATEGS is affiliated to the IUF through its catering workers. In May 2017, the union had...
Trent food service workers who are struggling to get by in jobs that are precarious, part-time and insecure have challenged their employer, Compass Group of Canada, and Trent University to provide good-quality, full-time jobs that will let them deliver better...
The 2017 annual report of Ontario’s Auditor General once again points to major problems with privatization and lack of capacity in the health care system. Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk continues to criticize systemic problems with Ontario’s public-private partnership (P3) program, and...
The International Alliance in Support of Workers in Iran (IASWI) was formed in 1999 in Toronto-Canada and formally announced its formation in January 2000. In nearly two decades of continuous activism, we have played an impactful role in securing international support for Iranian workers’ struggles against the Islamic Republic of Iran, employers, and the inhumane conditions the capitalist order has imposed on working-class lives in Iran. During these years, our politics and the foundational basis guiding our activism have been predicated on working-class traditions with an uncompromising emphasis on working-class independence and autonomy.