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Trade union rights are human rights 16 March 2023 Education International statement on human rights violations and anti-union attacks in the education sector in the Philippines
Education International (EI) strongly condemns the ongoing human rights violations and anti-union attacks against teachers and education union activists in the Philippines.
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Democracy 16 February 2023 Philippines: Educators submit recommendations to ILO to ensure the protection of trade union rights
Education International (EI) has welcomed the recent International Labour Organization High Level Tripartite Mission (ILO HLTM) to the Philippines. This mission is the result of longstanding advocacy by human and trade union activists in this country, and EI national member organisations – the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), the Federation...
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Union renewal and development 5 April 2022 Amplifying young voices within trade unions in the COVID-19 new normal
Education International has joined other global union federations (GUFs) in a project aiming to promote union renewal and train young unionists.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2 November 2021 Forging global solidarity to safeguard rights
The 58th meeting of Education International’s Executive Board (ExBo), held virtually on 26 October, was marked by a solid commitment to vaccine equity from education unions around the world. Access to COVID-19 vaccines for teachers and education support personnel globally is essential for a safe and permanent return to onsite...
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Democracy 11 October 2021 Philippines: Global solidarity and support to address violations of human and trade union rights
Human and trade union rights violations in the Philippines – and the need to highlight evidence of them internationally – were the focus of a high-level roundtable on 8 October.
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Democracy 8 October 2021 Educators of the world congratulate Maria Ressa on being awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize
The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded jointly to journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov “for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace”. Ressa has been a friend and ally of Education International and the global teaching community, joining forces...
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Trade union rights are human rights 14 September 2021 Philippines: Call for global action as independent report catalogues government’s human rights violations
Education International has called for an end to the violence and state-sponsored attacks on Filipino educators. Its comments follow an independent investigation which shows that the Duterte government is deliberately violating human rights, using violence and repression against those who are standing up for education, democracy, and peace.
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Trade union rights are human rights 19 July 2021 Philippines: Education unionists targeted by Duterte regime in escalating human rights violations
The Second Report of the Independent International Commission of Investigation into Human Rights Violations in the Philippines (Investigate PH) was released this month. The report documents intensifying human rights violations perpetrated by state agents, in line with President Rodrigo Duterte’s security policies and violent statements that have been adopted as...
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Trade union rights are human rights 10 March 2021 Philippines: Union condemns Duterte Government’s denial of youth’s right to education
With schools closed for one year in the Philippines, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) has criticised President Duterte for being the biggest obstacle to the realisation of the youth’s right to education during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Trade union rights are human rights 5 January 2021 The Philippines: Trade union calls for greater resources for distance learning
As in many countries during the pandemic, the Philippines shifted to distance learning modalities to enable education continuity. However, the remote learning programme met with problems of inadequate funding and issues of Internet connectivity and access to teaching and learning resources. The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), one of Education...
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Union growth 1 December 2020 Philippines: Global Day of Action
November 30 was a Global Day of Action on the Philippines. The global trade union movement showed its solidarity with trade unionists and other activists who struggle for human rights and democracy in a country where both are in danger since the election of President Rodrigo Duterte in 2016.
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Trade union rights are human rights 23 November 2020 The Philippines: Unionism Is not Terrorism
Trade union and other leaders and activists from the Philippines recounted stories of repression in the Philippines in a Council of Global Unions Webinar on the Quest for Justice held on 23 November 2020. Vivid accounts were given of killings, threats and intimidation, red-tagging, and police abuses across private and...
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Trade union rights are human rights 19 November 2020 The Philippines: Webinar on Workers’ Quest for Justice
Assaults on human and trade union rights are growing in the Philippines. As part of its ongoing solidarity campaign, the Council of Global Unions (CGU), has organised a webinar on Monday, 23 November, where trade union and human rights activists will explain the latest moves of the Duterte government and...
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Trade union rights are human rights 18 September 2020 Philippines: International solidarity with workers and unionists facing tyranny
Education International has joined other Global Unions in a webinar backing Filipino workers and trade unionists who fight to defend from governmental siege rights and democracy. The discussion was organised by the Council of Global Unions (CGU). The CGU groups Global Union Federations like EI with the International Trade Union...
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Union growth 1 September 2020 Philippines: Academics take judicial action to halt threats and harassment
Filipino academics, supported by the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) and a large education coalition, made a stand against the Duterte regime’s attacks on academic freedom and democracy.
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Trade union rights are human rights 21 August 2020 A question in the wilderness, by Joseph Jovellanos.
Joseph V. Jovellanos
A story was once told that after WWII, the then Emperor Hirohito of Japan called one of his soldiers and asked the question: “How many teachers survived?” This question is an acknowledgment by the emperor of the crucial role of teachers in building or re-building a nation. Without teachers, a...
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Trade union rights are human rights 18 August 2020 Philippines: Global education union movement calls for justice for murdered colleague
Education International is outraged by the killing of education unionist Zara Alvarez in the Philippines. The global union federation support its national affiliate, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers-Philippines (ACT), in its demands for justice for the murdered human rights activist.
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Union growth 28 July 2020 Philippines: State’s terror campaign against teachers must stop
Education International strongly supports its Filipino affiliate in its struggle to see educators’ human and trade union rights respected. It condemns the use of harassment methods and anti-terrorism legislation to eliminate critical legal protections.
Philippines: State’s terror campaign against teachers must stop