The National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) have gone on strike as part of their continuous action to seek decent living and working conditions for teachers.
The Plataforma Estatal por la Escuela Pública (State Platform for Public Education), an umbrella group of trade unions and civil society organisations, has called a general education strike, for every level, on 24 October. An increase in pupil-teacher ratios, in contact hours, job losses, and budget cuts in areas as essential as teacher training, are just some of the grievances cited.
Opetusalan Ammattijärjestö(OAJ), one of EI’s national affiliates in Finland, has unveiled its plan to join in EI’s ‘Unite for Quality Education’ (Unite4ed) initiative.
EI’s national affiliates, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA), have condemned trade union leaders’ arrests during marches to demand a vote on comprehensive immigration reform in their country.
Education International is the voice of teachers and other education employees across the globe. A federation of about 400 associations and unions in more than 170 countries and territories, it represents 30 million educators in education institutions from early childhood to university.
