The teacher trade union delegation to the Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour reiterated the need for quality teacher and public education system to eradicate the scourge of child labour. The Conference, which was held between 14...
The CTM thugs attacked the workers, who had been on strike for 17 days at the Media Luna mine in Guerrero. The brothers Víctor and Marcelino Sahuanitla Peña were killed during the attack on 18 September.About 600 miners are in...
Learning often happens in collaboration - implications of this for the performance of students are the subject of the latest addition of the PISA study to understanding what makes quality education. A new facet of learning The already existing PISA...
Women are constantly exposed to violence in the workplace, ranging from sexual harassment to physical assault. Real and threatened violence underpins the systematic gender discrimination which pervades our workplaces and our societies. The United Nations' International Day for the Elimination...
On the occasion of Word Children’s Day, the Swiss education union, LHC (Dachverband Lehrerinnen und Lehrer Schweiz), has reminded the Swiss government of its duty to accept and protect refugee children and their families. Refugees arriving in Switzerland must be...
The seminar provided an opportunity for analysis, discussion and planning action on national and regional industry. The unions’ starting point was that industry is an important engine for employment and national economic development and that they need sustainable industrial policies...
Canadian college instructors forced back to work A month-long strike has abruptly ended after the Ontario government passed legislation forcing college instructors back to the classroom days after the latest contract offer was rejected and a renewed call for negotiations...
Media Literacy Week sheds light on teachers as critical elements for inclusive societies and citizenship The Canadian Media Literacy Week has raised awareness about the need to create inclusive digital communities, putting teachers at the center of the development of...
A meeting of the IndustriALL union building project held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 16 November, with paticipation from FNV Mondiaal, Solidaridad, and the ILO, agreed to continue supporting the fight for workers’ rights by women in the garment and...
This week, the main opposition party in Cambodia, the Cambodia National Rescue Party, was dissolved by that country’s High Court. This move has effectively ensured that the current Government, headed by Hun Sen, will win next year’s elections. This ruling...
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.