The National Education Union stands in solidarity with the Trade Union of Science and Education Workers of Ukraine.
With at least 5,000 deaths and millions of people impacted, our hearts and thoughts are with all those affected, including children and educators.
The NEU is dismayed and horrified to receive reports on the killing of Iranian teacher and labour activist, Hossein Mahdipor.
As an education trade union, the destruction of schools and violation of children’s rights is of profound concern to our members.
Trade union statement on the attacks on Palestinian children’s right to education and right to life.
The NEU condemns the ongoing conflict and supports calls issued by the UN Secretary General for the violence to cease.
Eight trade unions representing teachers and other education staff in the UK and Ireland have called on the Israeli Government to halt the demolition of Jubbet ad Dib School in the West Bank.
Around 800,000 Rohingya refugees fled genocidal attacks by the Burmese military in 2017.
The NEU is deeply shocked and saddened by the horrific killing of at least 38 people, most of them children, in a gun and knife attack at a nursery in Nong Bua Lamphu province of north-east Thailand on 6 October.
