News and articles

July 2015

  1. New ILO handbook on Education for the Unions

    14 July 2015

    The Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ILO-ACTRAV) has just published a new handbook which addresses “Educating for Union Strength”. In this interview, the ACTRAV Senior Programme Officer for Asia and the Pacific, Ariel Castro explains the issues surrounding the topic of education in the world of work, for the trade union movement in particular.

October 2013

  1. Interview with Fred van Leeuwen, General Secretary of Education International

    04 October 2013

    On the occasion of World Teachers Day*, Fred Van Leewen, the General Secretary of Education International(EI) gives his views about challenges facing by teachers unions to improve education quality. In this interview, he explains also the role of teachers with regard to issues of job creation and skills and the EI expectations vis-à-vis the ILO.