The international education trade union movement has lost a valued member. After a brief illness, Heather Smith passed away peacefully on June 30th, in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. With a teaching career spanning 34 years, Heather was tireless in her work to improve the daily lives of teachers and students in Canada.
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Education International affiliates have successfully advocated for a better copyright framework for education during a recent seminar in Nairobi.
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Despite a backlash against the so-called gender ideology promoted by conservative organisations, the Costa Rican Education Union (Sindicato de Trabajadoras y Trabajadores de la Educación Costarricense - SEC) has been actively campaigning to promote the rights of LGBT teachers and students.
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Education International and the Francophone Trade Union Committee for Education and Training are demanding the immediate release of seven teachers arrested in Djibouti on apparently unsubstantiated charges.
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The outcome of ten years concerted campaigning by trade unions and allied civil society groups, the new ILO Convention on Violence and Harassment (Convention 190) and Recommendation (R206) are wide-reaching labour standards.
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