Education International

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The Bildungsinternationale (BI) - English 'Education International' - is one of the global trade union federations and umbrella organization of around four hundred education unions from 170 countries. It was founded in Stockholm in 1993. The seat is in the Belgian capital, Brussels . The regional structure of the Education International in Europe is the European Trade Union Committee for Education and Science (ETUCE, European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE)).

history

On the homepage of Education International , its history is traced back to 1912, when an international committee of national teachers' associations in public schools was founded in Belgium. The work of this organization was initially prohibited by the First World War, before 1920, the Education Workers' International , the International education workers emerged. According to Gries, this is the forerunner of the International Trade Secretariat for Teachers (IBSL), whereby Education International names other organizations: the World Federation of Education Associations (WFEA), founded in San Francisco in 1923, the International Federation of Teacher Associations . According to Education International , all the associations mentioned were smaller organizations whose members were based in Europe and North America.

The ISBL , which was founded in 1928 under the umbrella of the International Trade Union Confederation , can nonetheless be regarded as the most powerful forerunner of the Education International . become.

The ISBL broke up with the outbreak of the Second World War and continued its work in England under restricted conditions. It was not until 1951 that an official successor organization to the ISBL was constituted, the International Federation of Free Teachers' Unions (IFFL), which acted as the International Trade Secretariat of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU).

This reconstitution takes place against the background of the intensifying Cold War , which also left its mark on the trade union movement.

“After the Second World War, the world trade union movement, including teachers' organizations, was reorganized. In the spirit of war cooperation between the Allies, the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) was founded in October 1945 with memberships with very different roots and orientations.
However, it quickly became clear that the organization was controlled 'from above' by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union . Independent, free trade unions from national centers left the WFTU and, together with a few who did not belong to the WFTU, founded the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) in 1949. "

The International Federation of Free Teachers 'Unions (IFFL), founded in 1951, merged in 1993 with the liberal-conservative World Association of Teachers' Organizations (WVLO), founded in 1952, to form the international education organization .

Member unions in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

The Education International represents 30 million people in all continents. This includes employees from all education-relevant areas, from early childhood education to school and vocational training to universities. The Education International is the largest industry union confederation in the world and co-founder of the Global Education Campaign .

Member organizations in German-speaking countries are

World congresses of the educational international

The Education International holds a world congress every four years. The delegates of the trade union confederation meet at the world congresses to decide on the program and budget and to elect the board of directors. The last world congresses of the Education International took place in July 2011 in Cape Town (South Africa) and in July 2015 in Ottawa (Canada).

The President of the Education International is the Australian Susan Hopgood. David Edwards has been Secretary General since January 23, 2018.

Objectives of the trade union federation

In addition to teachers and educational staff, the Bildungsinternational also feels obliged to its pupils and students. In her opinion, good and free education is a fundamental human right that she wants to be achieved through the expansion, protection and promotion of publicly financed education systems that offer equal educational opportunities for all.

The trade union confederation wants to protect human rights, the right of workers to organize in a trade union and the freedom of its members to exercise their profession. The Bildungsinternational opposes any kind of racism and discrimination in the education sector and in society, be it on the basis of gender, race, sexual orientation, family status, disability, age, religion, political orientation or opinion social or economic status, nationality or ethnic origin.

literature

  • Heinz Bendt, Worldwide Solidarity. The work of global trade union organizations in the age of globalization, Bonn (FES) 2006, PDF, 135 p. , There p. 57–62
  • Michele Ford, Michael Gillan (2015) The global union federations in international industrial relations: A critical review. Journal of Industrial Relations 57 (3): 456-475
  • Torsten Müller, Hans-Wolfgang Platzer, Stefan Rüb (2010), The global trade union associations face the challenges of globalization. In: International Politics and Society Online: International Politics and Society. - 2010, 3 ( PDF, 17 pp. , Accessed on February 24, 2018)
  • Hans-Wolfgang Platzer, Torsten Müller, The global and European trade union federations: Handbook and analyzes of transnational trade union politics, Berlin (Ed. Sigma) 2009, half volume. 1, 403 p. Table of contents , there in particular p. 381-403
  • Walter Sauer, International Trade Union Work, Vienna (Publishing House of the Austrian Trade Union Federation) 2014, PDF, 60 pp.
  • Wolfgang Schroeder (Ed.): Handbook of trade unions in Germany. Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2014, 790 p., Table of contents , in particular:
    Werner Reutter / Peter Rütters, “Pragmatic Internationalism”: History, structure and influence of international and European trade union organizations (pp. 581–615).

Web links

Individual references, comments

  1. ^ A b Education International: Origins and history
  2. ^ Rainer Gries: Overview of the organizational development of international trade union organizations
  3. ^ Hans-Wolfgang Platzer and Torsten Müller: The global and European trade union associations. Handbook and analyzes of transnational trade union policy , 1st half volume, edition sigma, Berlin, 2009, ISBN 978-3-8360-8709-4 , p. 382
  4. ^ Education International: Origins and history . "Following the Second World War, the world trade union movement, including teachers' organizations, re-organized. In the spirit of the war-time cooperation of the Allies, the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) was founded in October of 1945 with membership with very different roots and orientations.
    However, it rapidly became clear that the organization was controlled "from above" by the Soviet Communist Party. independent, free trade unions from national centers left the WFTU and, joined by a few that had not been in the WFTU, created the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) in 1949. "
  5. ^ Page "Search Member" of BI , accessed on March 2, 2018
  6. ↑ Congress brochure (PDF, 102 pp.)
  7. ↑ Congress brochure (PDF, 76 pp.)
  8. ↑ The brochures for all congresses can be found on the World Congress page .
  9. ↑ EI page on Susan Hopgood
  10. ^ EI page on David Edwards , accessed March 2, 2018
  11. ↑ s. a. EI page "Executive Board"