The GEW is the education union affiliated to the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB). We organise educators and teachers in schools, universities, early childhood education, vocational training and adult education. / more...
Heinrich Rodenstein was a founder of the GEW after the Second World War. He fled into exile under the Nazi regime and survived persecution thanks to the help he was given by others. / more ...
Tuition fees for university students are a violacion of the International Covenant on Economic, Social an Cultural Rights. GEW is rejecting tuition fees and demanding free access to universities. / more ...
GEW in action
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Images of a strike of child care workers and teachers in Berlin in 2008
GEW: The German Education Union