Articles
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10 August 2020 
"Support staff are the infrastructure of the world", by Lorretta Johnson.
Worlds of EducationDuring this pandemic, it has become very obvious who the essential workers are. Let me be clear. I am not criticizing mayors, university presidents or school superintendents. But amid the COVID-19 contagion, we would be nowhere without custodians, paraprofessionals, food service workers, administrative assistants and school bus drivers.
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6 August 2020 
United States: American Federation of Teachers holds convention in time of crisis
NewsThe American Federation of Teachers (AFT), in a convention held virtually, organised a series of discussions and adopted resolutions on education, trade union and policy issues. The convention endorsed Joe Biden for President by a vote of more than 90 per cent of delegates after an unprecedented, extensive membership consultation...
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20 May 2020 
“A Plan to Safely Reopen America’s Schools and Communities”, by Randi Weingarten.
Worlds of EducationThe American Federation of Teachers has released a detailed road map that, in the absence of a COVID-19 vaccine, charts a path to safely and responsibly reopen school buildings and other institutions crucial to the well-being and economic vitality of our communities.
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16 May 2020 
“Education Support Professionals Need Protection Now!”, by Rae Nwosu.
Worlds of EducationAs president of the National Council of Education Support Professionals of the National Education Association (USA), I have the distinct honor of representing Education Support Professionals (ESPs) across the United States. We are crossing guards, bus drivers & bus monitors, paraeducators, secretaries, custodians, interpreters & translators, cafeteria workers, and everything...
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5 May 2020 
USA: Teacher union presents roadmap to safely reopen schools and communities
NewsThe American Federation of Teachers has launched a blueprint providing guidance for safely and responsibly reopening school buildings and other institutions and imagining a ‘new normal’ for public education, public health, and the economy in the age of COVID-19.
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28 April 2020 
“We are one world”, by Lily Eskelsen García.
Worlds of EducationAs COVID-19 pandemic continues spreading around the world, educators are being called on to teach, reach and comfort their students and guide frantic parents. Stories shared by my EI colleagues fill me with hope. We are all in this together. We will get through this crisis together.
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Cooperation Projects
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2025 AFT/TUESWU Professional Development Program
The AFT and the TUESWU are working together on a trade union capacity building project to address the needs of the TUESWUs education workforace impacted by the ongoing invasion of Ukraine by Russia. The content of the project addresses the well-being of the workforce that has been subject to trauma...
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2025 - 2026 Educators Determined to End SRGBV
The EDE-SRGBV initiative is an Education International Africa (EIA) programme supported by National Education Association (NEA-USA), implemented across several African countries (Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Uganda). It builds on EI's long term work on ending School Related Gender Based Violence (SRGBV), strengthening the capacity of edcation unions, teachers, and communities to...
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2024 Movimientos Pedagógico Latinoamericano, RED de Trabajadoras de la Educación para America Latina, Poblaciones Indígenas, Observatorio Latinoamericano de Políticas Educativas (OLPE)
Desde la IEAL, se desea lograr una estructura sindical docente cada vez más fortalecida, con mayor fuerza político-organizativa, para enfrentar lo que se viene describiendo como arremetida antisindical en los diversos países. Inclusive, para tener mayor fuerza sindical para enfrentar los diversos contextos nacionales y situaciones coyunturales. Asimismo, se desea...
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Affiliates
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National Education Association
NEA
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American Federation of Teachers
AFT
555 New Jersey Ave. N.W.20001 Washington D.C.tel: +1 (202) 879.44.00fax: +1 (202) 879.45.02