We bring together our member organisations to discuss and share experiences, good practices and ideas on responding to collective challenges. Together we are building the education unions of the future: mass participation organisations that reflect the diverse interests and identities of their members and offer educators a multitude of ways to engage and contribute.
After the major earthquake off the coast of Central Sulawesi produced a tsunami that killed over 1,400 people, Education International has called for solidarity from its affiliate to help affected teachers.
Indonesia: global solidarity effort supporting educators affected by natural catastrophe
On the eve of the launch of the World Bank’s Human Capital Index (HCI), David Edwards, General Secretary of Education International, critiques the new global metric.
EI General Secretary critiques the World Bank’s Human Capital Index
A lack of qualified teachers and poor working conditions for teaches worldwide are highlighted in a report released by Education International to mark World Teachers’ Day (5 October).
On World Teachers’ Day, new report highlights urgent need to improve education
We should thank teachers for being educators but also for fighting to defend the rights of teachers and their students.
#EI25: “25 Years Defending the Right to Education”, by Dr. Patrick Roach
In Mozambique, significant progress is being made in creating a new education union, with the help and support of Education International and its affiliates.
Mozambique: International support in new union creation
You might think that there is a great distance between the international trade union movement and your own union or country. But my experience as a member of the EI Executive Board has shown close links.
#EI25: “Education International and member unions: weaving fabric of justice”, by Masaki Okajima
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Education International urges the World Bank to radically change its approach, which is damaging to workers, democracy and the future of our societies.
EI on the World Development Report: “One must have a vision to have hope”
Some employers in the UK are discriminating against employees and undermining education unions after the adoption of GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations). That’s according to the NASUWT (National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers).
UK: Employers misuse data rules to stifle workers’ rights
There is an old French adage that says “les absents ont toujours tort,” which means that those who are absent are always in the wrong (or always get the blame). But what if they were right after all under certain circumstances? This seems to be the case in the field...
#EI25: "And if those who are absent were …. right, at times?", by Daniel B. Lafrenière
Education International has assisted a fruitful workshop for Southern Caribbean’s young teacher unionists to enable sustainable and strong education unions promoting quality education in the region.
Caribbean education unions’ young teacher training for a bright future for teachers and education