Articles
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20 January 2021
“Riot Backlash Hastens Moment of Truth for Internet Giants”
Worlds of EducationAs President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated this week in the caged and militarised environment of the US Capitol, battle lines are being drawn in a concerted political attempt to regulate the power of the behemoths of the internet including Facebook, Google, and Twitter. The unregulated dominance of the online world...
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8 January 2021
USA: Education unions condemn attack on democracy
NewsThe National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) have reacted to the 6 January’s assault in Washington DC, where rioters encouraged by President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol building during a joint session of Congress to certify the election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
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16 September 2020
US: AFT and RFK Human Rights launch human rights and democracy programme
NewsThe American Federation of Teachers (AFT), working with RFK Human Rights will launch a programme to share lesson plans on human rights and democracy developed by classroom teachers at a webinar on 17 September. The webinar, “Defenders of Human Rights and Democracy in Your Community” will feature AFT President Randi...
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28 August 2020
United States: AFT mobilises for 28 August March on Washington
NewsMany thousands of people are marching in Washington, DC in the “Commitment March: Get Your Knee Off Our Necks”. The American Federation of Teachers (AFT), several other trade unions as well as civil rights and other civil society organisations are mobilising to bring attention to systemic racism, the need for...
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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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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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American Federation of Teachers
AFT
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