The education sector and teaching profession are still disappointingly unequal on gender issues like pay, career prospects, work-life balance and violence. With an updated ETUCE Action Plan on Gender Equality, education trade unions across Europe show that employees and their unions can take the...
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Education and its workers are increasingly affected by the European Semester, the EU’s annual policy coordination process. European Commission concerns about government finances still hold back vital investment in public services. Now education trade unions from across the EU want to open the...
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The OECD has released its latest PISA results, comparing the educational attainment of 600 000 15-year-olds in 79 countries. As ever, reading, mathematics and science are in the spotlight, but this year’s edition also has a focus on wellbeing and sustainable development. In a sign that teachers...
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Education trade unions face an ageing membership and potential decline in affiliation among younger and underrepresented groups. We need to regather our strength by increasing the activist base and members’ involvement in union structures and activities. ETUCE’s project on trade union renewal,...
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Social dialogue country-delegates from ETUCE and the European Federation of Education Employers met in Brussels for the plenary meeting of the European Sectoral Social Dialogue in Education. They set out their plans for the coming years and committed to concrete measures and policy priorities on...
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The education sector and teaching profession are still disappointingly unequal on gender issues like pay, career prospects, work-life balance and...
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Education and its workers are increasingly affected by the European Semester, the EU’s annual policy coordination process. European Commission concerns...
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18 December is International Migrants Day. This UN-sponsored celebration of the contributions which migrants make to our economies and societies is also...
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Stig Lund from Denmark represents ETUCE in the European Commission’s Working Group on “Early Childhood Education and Care” which has a mandate...
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Social dialogue country-delegates from ETUCE and the European Federation of Education Employers met in Brussels for the plenary meeting of the...
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3 December is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, which aims to increase public awareness, understanding and acceptance of people...
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Harsh reforms could push many into precarious work and undermine trade union rights. The government did not negotiate with trade unions before...
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A 25% salary increase for public sector workers, proposed by the government of Kosovo* last year, will be delayed for 4 months. This was the...
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Dating back to 1919, the Malta Union of Teachers (MUT) was the first trade union established in Malta. MUT recently held a series of activities to mark...
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After five years of tough negotiations, trade union leaders in Serbia have signed a collective agreement for the higher education sector with the...
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The Macron Government proposes to move towards a universal pension system for all based on “points” accrued every working year, which will have an...
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Last week’s 2-hour warning strike by teachers and other education personnel in Lithuania has brought a swift resolution to their dispute. The...
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Gender equality remains a pressing issue in the EU. New challenges like digitalisation, migration or climate change have emerged alongside the old...
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The OECD has released its latest PISA results, comparing the educational attainment of 600 000 15-year-olds in 79 countries. As ever, reading,...
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The EPSCO Council gathers Ministers of Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs from EU member states. On 10 December 2019, they...
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On 19 November, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) published its report on "Integration of young refugees in the EU". It...
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🇫🇮 Today our Director Susan Flocken was at the massive #educa2020 fair in Helsinki, hosted by ETUCE member OAJ.
— ETUCE European Trade Union Committee for Education (@ETUCE_CSEE) January 24, 2020
💡 Thousands of education professionals and experts will be at the fair this weekend - and for the first time there is a programme in English too! pic.twitter.com/rsgjQ0QvSo
🚀#BecauseOfEducation Europe's learners can take the future in their hands and build our tomorrow.
— ETUCE European Trade Union Committee for Education (@ETUCE_CSEE) January 24, 2020
👩🏫👨🏫On #EducationDay we recognise the value of education and we salute teachers + education personnel. Governments must keep their promises: fund quality public education for all! pic.twitter.com/M9VAjX4tfr
📦They're here! The physical copies of the new ETUCE #GenderEquality Action Plan have arrived. This great set of policy ideas can be adjusted to your national context. Come pick up a copy next time you're in Brussels or check it out on our website now.
— ETUCE European Trade Union Committee for Education (@ETUCE_CSEE) January 23, 2020
➡️ https://t.co/OLFIovrxXk pic.twitter.com/ftKYf1W2FG
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