Articles from France
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Trade union rights are human rights 14 July 2014 Uncertain Future for Maternity Leave Directive
On 15 July 2014, the European Parliament debated the European Commission’s suggestion to withdraw the proposed maternity leave directive and to not take it up again in the next legislature. Many MEPs urged the Commission and the Council of Ministers to resume talks with Parliament.
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Standards and working conditions 14 July 2014 New EURYDICE Report: Financing Schools in Europe
The report Financing Schools in Europe: Mechanisms, Methods and Criteria in Public Funding provides a framework for understanding the structure of funding systems of primary and general secondary education.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 14 July 2014 Declaration of Joint Principles ETUC/AFL-CIO: TTIP Must Work for the People, or It Won’t Work at All
Ahead of EU-US trade negotiations the American and European trade unions – AFL-CIO and ETUC have issued a Declaration of Joint Principles.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 1 July 2014 Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) is a threat to quality education
Last week, Wikileaks released the secret draft text of the TiSA annex on financial services that has highlighted concerns about how the deal will be used to deregulate the financial sector at a time when stricter rules are needed to avoid a repeat of the recent crisis. Read ETUCE's Press...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 16 June 2014 ETUCE Culmination event of the Unite for Quality Education Campaign: join the European event in Brussels on 22 September 2014!
On 22 September 2014, the EI initiative Unite for Quality Education Campaign will reach its peak in the European Region. On this special day, ETUCE is organising a Public Hearing on the Future of Quality Education, hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in Brussels, to celebrate one...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 5 June 2014 Teacher trade unions in Europe and the United States call on President Obama and President of the European Commission Barroso to safeguard quality education in TTIP
A common letter by Education International, ETUCE, AFT and NEA calls on US President Obama and President of the European Commission Barroso to safeguard quality education in TTIP.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 June 2014 Equality Recommendations Proposed
The ETUCE Standing Committee for Equality proposed a set of recommendations in its last meeting on 2-3 June 2014. The recommendations shall be presented for adoption to the ETUCE Committee in October 2014.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 May 2014 Winds of change for Europe: 25 May 2014 vote for Europe
ETUCE is calling on all its affiliates to vote for candidates that can change the course of austerity policies in Europe, to vote for a social and democratic Europe.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 6 May 2014 Journée de l’Europe
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 6 May 2014 Secret negotiations threaten public services in 50 countries
The 6th round of secret negotiations on the Trade in Services Agreement took place in Geneva during last week. The participants (the EU, Australia, Canada, Chile, Taiwan, Colombia, Costa Rica, Hong Kong, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Liechtenstein, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, South Korea, Switzerland, Turkey and the...
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Standards and working conditions 23 April 2014 France: Government renews its pledge to reform education
The new French Prime Minister says he will forge ahead with promised education reforms as three national teachers’ unions challenged his government to put quality education at the top of his agenda.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 April 2014 Teaching Profession Now and in Future - Passing on Cultural Values
The Spring ETUCE Committee 2014 On 14-15 April 2014, the ETUCE Committee convened to debate on the major challenges and issues currently at stake in the education sector in Europe. Bringing the future priorities for teacher unions in Europe into focus, the Committee members decided that the ETUCE Special conference...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 8 April 2014 Euro-demonstration: 50.0000 people demanded new directions for Europe
50.000 people from 21 European countries took to the streets of Brussels to participate in the large European trade union demonstration organised by ETUC on 4th April 2014 in Brussels. Trade unions from many different sectors and from all over Europe raised their voice against further austerity measures and for...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 8 April 2014 The European Commission declares that public consultation is not a referendum
On 27 March 2014, the European Commission finally launched its public consultation on investment protection and investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). The deadline for submission will be three months following the date when the consultation is available in all official EU languages.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 25 March 2014 European teachers and students raise concerns with US-EU trade partnership
Negotiators from the European Union and the United States met in Brussels on 10-14 March to continue the controversial talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
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Equity and inclusion 11 March 2014 One in three women experienced violence
33 % of women living in the European Union have experienced physical and/or sexual violence since the age of 15, and one in 20 women was raped since the age of 15. These insights were revealed by an EU-wide survey on violence against women published by the European Agency for...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 March 2014 European elections 2014: Time has come to engage your candidates to pledge to Quality Education
In the framework of the IE/ETUCE initiative “Unite for Quality Education - Better Education for a Better World”, ETUCE has launched a new large-scale campaign initiative called “Candidates pledge to Quality Education”. This initiative aims to seek the support from candidates to the European Parliament elections who share ETUCE’s view...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 26 February 2014 ETUCE urges to take action to restore the complete functioning of trade unions in Ukraine
During the fights and clashes between demonstrators and police forces the Trade Union House in Kiev was completely destroyed by a fire. Today several hundred trade union workers remain without workplaces and all documents, furniture, office equipment etc. have been lost.
ETUCE urges to take action to restore the complete functioning of trade unions in Ukraine