09-06-2023


Information about the TUESWU

The Trade Union of Education and Science Workers of Ukraine was established in September 1990, however, it continues the rich history of the teachers’ trade union movement in Ukraine whose origins date back to the beginning of the 20th century. The first national teachers’ union was set up in 1919 and underwent several reorganisations during next 70 years.



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19-02-2024

The war has raised issues of accessibility and security of education. Many children have lost the opportunity to join the educational process, and teachers have been teaching in regions where hostilities are taking place or may potentially take place under the threat of shelling. Such conditions require serious planning of educational processes and ensuring proper learning conditions in times of war.

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05-02-2024

Education is one of the most affected sectors in terms of losses. As of August 2023, direct losses are estimated at $9.7 billion.

3798 education institutions have suffered bombing and shelling, – and 365 of them have been destroyed completely.

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12-01-2024

The war in Ukraine has led to destabilization in many aspects of public life. One of the most vulnerable sectors has been education, which has not recovered from the global pandemic. Educational institutions, forced to adapt to restrictions and threats, have faced the challenge of ensuring the safety, reliability, and accessibility of education in the most difficult conditions.

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04-09-2023

UNICEF reports that over 1,300 schools in Ukraine have been completely destroyed since the start of the full-scale invasion launched by Russia in February 2022. Most Ukrainian students are forced to continue their studies online, far from teachers and friends. As a new school year begins in September, students and teachers face continued violence, uncertainty, and apprehension.

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01-09-2023

Already the second academic year in Ukraine begins during martial law, when a full-scale war takes place in Ukraine.

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31-08-2023

For two years in a row, the Trade Union of Education and Science Workers of Ukraine (TUESWU) has been closely cooperating with the German Education Union (GEW), which is a partner and a sincere friend of the TUESWU. In the last few years, it has been actively supporting the Trade Union in different areas: providing financial assistance to Ukrainian educators affected by the war that was provoked by Russia, hosting Ukrainian children in summer camps in Germany, and supporting Ukrainians who were forced to flee from the war to Germany.

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30-08-2023

In early August 2023, a delegation of trade union and public activists from Spain visited Ukraine on a humanitarian mission.

The Spanish delegation was represented by Isarn Pardes Fuses and Cristina Villaverde Darriba from the «Lucha Internationalista» organization and Francisco Martín Castillo from the General Confederation of Labor. 

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07-06-2023

On June 6, 2023, Russia demonstrated another outrageous act of barbarity and terrorism in its war against Ukraine. Russia followed through on its threats to terrorize Ukraine and the world for a year by blowing up the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant, which was mined immediately after it was seized in April 2022.

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29-05-2023

On May 8-11, 2023, a delegation from Education International, a global union federation of 383 affiliated organizations of teachers and educators from around the world, and the American Federation of Teachers, which unites 1.7 million members, visited Ukraine at the invitation of the Trade Union of Education and Science of Ukraine. The purpose of the visit of international colleagues is to study the situation in the country's education sector and the challenges that Ukrainian educators face on a daily basis during the war.

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