News - European Trade Union Committee for Education

Published: 19 July 2018

Demanding safe, secure and healthy workplaces for LGBTI teachers in the UK

NASUWT, NEU, EiS and UCU, ETUCE member organisations in the UK have recently organised respective actions to demand for safe, secure and healthy...

Published: 19 July 2018

Supporting teachers in the European Education Area 2025: The role of education trade unions in meeting teachers’ professional needs

ETUCE organizes a public event on 19 September in Brussels, Belgium, from 9.00 – 13.00 in the premises of the International Trade Union House, The...

Published: 18 July 2018

New FRA report on the migration situation in the EU

The European Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) is regularly publishing overviews covering refugees and migrants-related fundamental rights in...

Published: 16 July 2018

#SaferInternet4EU CAMPAIGN underway: A better internet to create, connect and share respect

Promoting its #SaferInternet4EU campaign, the European Commission seeks to reach children, young people, parents, teachers, and EU citizens in...

Published: 13 July 2018

Cyprus: Strike to preserve the right to defend teachers and students

Today, on 13 July 2018, OELMEK, POED and OLTEK, ETUCE member organisations in Cyprus, are going on strike to defend their right to be...

Published: 11 July 2018

Turkey: New victims of the new decree law

Following the events of 20 July 2016, 18,632 public workers were dismissed with the new emergency state decree law No 701 on 8 July 2018 in...

Published: 10 July 2018

BREXIT: Employment, education and research must be solved now

A new joint statement from the negotiators of the European Union and the United Kingdom Government on progress of negotiations under Article 50 TEU...

Published: 04 July 2018

ETUCE urges the European Parliament to vote in favour of an open, broad and flexible EU copyright education exception

This Thursday, on 5 July 2018, the whole plenary of the European Parliament will vote on a new copyright directive. After the JURI Committee...

Published: 04 July 2018

Social partners discussed the way out from gender segregation in education, training and employment

ETUCE members from France, Italy, Germany, UK, Cyprus, and Belgium, actively contributed to the discussions on gender segregation in education and...

Published: 04 July 2018

NASUWT publishes research on mental and physical health of teachers in the UK

The NASUWT, one of ETUCE’s member organisations in the UK, have conducted a study on the mental and physical health of teachers. The research found...

Published: 03 July 2018

Portugal: Education trade unions demand continuation of negotiations

On 2 July 2018, ten unions of the platform also represented by FENPROF and FNE, ETUCE member organisations in Portugal, sent a letter to the...

Published: 02 July 2018

New FRA infographic: anti-Gypsyism as a barrier to Roma education

In 2011, the EU called on Member States to advance Roma inclusion. Even though some improvements, to date, Member States still fall short on most of...