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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Stig Lund from Denmark represents ETUCE in the European Commission’s Working Group on “Early Childhood Education and Care” which has a mandate between 2018-20. We spoke to Stig about the EU’s shifting perspective on this vital part of the education system and about ETUCE’s role representing education...
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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 unpredictable value at the time of retirement. Teachers will be especially affected and could lose up to 30% of the value of their pension. ETUCE...
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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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Education trade unions face an ageing membership and potential decline in affiliation among younger and underrepresented groups. We need to regather our...
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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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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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♀️⚖️♂️ We're making plans for #GenderEquality!
— ETUCE European Trade Union Committee for Education (@ETUCE_CSEE) January 20, 2020
Women and men who work in education deserve a fair deal! Check out our new action plan to see what education trade unions across Europe will be doing to get there.
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💶The European Commission wants to act on low pay. Very nice!
— ETUCE European Trade Union Committee for Education (@ETUCE_CSEE) January 15, 2020
🙄But at first glance their proposals are disappointing. Collective bargaining is the best route to fair pay, so how will you promote it? We must also protect systems that already work well for education workers! https://t.co/LPAbuIjh3V
♀️ New @eurogender report shows that the EU has a long way to go in the fight for gender equality – especially in education.
— ETUCE European Trade Union Committee for Education (@ETUCE_CSEE) December 19, 2019
🧪 Gender segregation means women are overrepresented in health studies while men dominate hi-tech fields like computing.
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