{"id":264674,"date":"2026-06-05T04:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T08:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/international-labour-conference-education-international-calls-for-teachers-and-unions-to-be-at-the-center-of-the-debate-on-artificial-intelligence\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T04:55:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T08:55:13","slug":"international-labour-conference-education-international-calls-for-teachers-and-unions-to-be-at-the-center-of-the-debate-on-artificial-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/international-labour-conference-education-international-calls-for-teachers-and-unions-to-be-at-the-center-of-the-debate-on-artificial-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"International Labour Conference: Education International calls for teachers and unions to be at the center of the debate on Artificial Intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"

International Labour Conference: Education International calls for teachers and unions to be at the center of the debate on Artificial Intelligence<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.ei-ie.org\/en\/item\/32583:international-labour-conference-education-international-calls-for-teachers-and-unions-to-be-at-the-center-of-the-debate-on-artificial-intelligence<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-05 04:46:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.ei-ie.org<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cEducation is not an assembly line, a content delivery platform, or, under any circumstances, a transaction. Our students are not data, and our classrooms are not markets.\u201d<\/p>\n

This was stated by Jos\u00e9 Olivera of Uruguay\u2019s National Federation of Secondary Education Teachers (FENAPES) during his intervention before the International Labour Organization (ILO) at the 114th International Labour Conference (ILC), on behalf of Education International (EI).<\/p>\n

In his speech, Olivera referred to the ILO Director-General\u2019s report, \u201cA moment of choice: Harnessing artificial intelligence for decent work\u201d, and issued a strong call for action: \u201cthroughout the report\u2019s more than 30 pages, the word \u2018teacher\u2019 does not appear a single time; and \u2018education\u2019 is mentioned only a handful of times\u201d<\/p>\n

The trade union leader stressed that teachers are not merely passive consumers of technology but essential actors in shaping how it is used in education. \u201cThere can be no legitimate governance of artificial intelligence in education without the active participation of teachers and their trade unions.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the same time, he noted that the report recognizes that \u201ctechnological change is not neutral, that governance matters, and that we need a people-centred and rights-based approach.\u201d<\/p>\n