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Distinguished educator and teacher trade unionist Willard McGuire passed away on 2 February at his home in Minnesota. He was 79. McGuire served as president of the National Education Association, the largest education union in the United States, from 1979 to 1983. A devoted children's advocate, he used the power...

The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (SADTU) is grieving the sudden death of Don Pasquallie, the union's Deputy General Secretary. Pasquallie died in a car accident in Napier, in the Western Cape, early in the morning of 27 January. Four other passengers in the same car died with him, including...

For 15 years now, teachers around the world have been united in solidarity under Education International’s flag. On 26 January 1993, approximately 1,000 delegates from theWorld Confederation of Organisations of the Teaching Profession(WCOTP) and theInternational Federation of Free Teachers Unions(IFFTU) gathered in Stockholm, Sweden, to merge these two rival teacher...

Education International is taking a lead role in drafting a new blueprint to reassert labour rights around the world.

The 31st EI Executive Board meeting was held from 19-20 November 2007 in Brussels. The preliminary report of the meeting is now available and being circulated to all EI member organisations.

The EI Executive Board met in Brussels from 19-20 November to discuss and formulate working plans on the mandates it has received from the EI World Congress held earlier in July in Berlin.

Education International activists join fellow trade unionists across many countries in mourning the loss of Heribert Maier, one of the outstanding international trade union leaders of his generation. Heribert was also a member of EI’s Committee of Experts on Membership since 1996.

About 2,000 teachers and education workers from 160 countries around the world concluded a successful 5th World Congress today.

The 5th World Congress of Education International entered its final day on 26th July and in the intensive discussions that took place in the five days of the congress, educators around the world voted overwhelmingly for stronger solidarity in their common struggle for social justice.

Here are some videos of the interviews that were filmed during the 5th EI World Congress currently held in Berlin, Germany. Please click twice on the image for the larger version.

At every World Congress, Education International presents two major awards to honour outstanding teachers and trade unionists. This year's award winners come from Colombia and Togo, both places where teachers and trade unionists face challenges unknown here in Germany.

After a series of elections, a new Executive Board was formed yesterday to lead the world's largest teacher union federation for the next four years.

In her speech at the 5th EI World Congress, Sylvia Borren, Executive Director of Oxfam-Novib, announced two projects that Oxfam and EI are instigating in order to contribute towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon sent his greetings to all teachers of the world on the occasion of the fifth World Congress of Education International, currently taking place in Berlin, Germany.

In his speech on the opening day of EI's 5th World Congress, General Secretary Fred van Leeuwen reported on the progress made in the implementation of EI's aims and activities since the previous congress in Porto Alegre in 2004.

Below is the speech, in English, by Sharan Burrow, President of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) on the Opening Day of the 5th EI World Congress in Berlin.

The fifth World Congress of the world's largest teacher union federation was opened this morning in Berlin by the President of the Germany Federal Republic, Horst Köhler.