What a Teachers' Union Leader Saw in Ukraine
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten was in the country just after widespread air strikes from Russia.
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American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten was in the country just after widespread air strikes from Russia.
The president of the nation's second-largest teachers union has traveled to Ukraine to "assess" the poor remote learning conditions for children there.
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A new law deprives as many as 70% of Ukrainian workers of labour protections, including their collective bargaining rights. Trade unions in Ukraine, including Education International member organisation, the Trade Union of Education and Science Workers of Ukraine, are dismayed at this push to undermine the rights of workers in Ukraine and are mobilising to fight the new law in court and at the international level.