Union´s Profile
Explore the unions that are part of our network and get to know their particularities.
FESIE
Portugal's Union of Education and Teaching Inspectors (SIEE)
It is based in Porto and is represented in Coimbra, Lisbon, Évora, Faro, Angra do Heroísmo, Ponta Delgada and Funchal. It represents education and teaching inspectors from the mainland and the autonomous regions of the Azores and Madeira. It covers pre-school education and basic, secondary and higher education. SIEE's objectives are, in particular, to defend the rights of its members, both individually and as a professional group, and to promote and support actions aimed at improving living and working conditions and dignifying the function.
Portugal's Union of Education and Teaching Inspectors Portal
Union of Public and Social Workers of the North (STFPSN) Portugal
It has its headquarters in Porto and branches in the districts of Braga, Bragança, Viana do Castelo and Vila Real. It is a trade union association made up of workers who carry out their professional activity in the Central, Local or Regional Public Administration, as well as, in general, in any public or private entities that are invested with powers of authority in the pursuit of public purposes or pursue activities of public utility or social solidarity, in private and cooperative education entities and in social economy institutions.
Union of Public and Social Workers of the North (STFPSN) Portugal Portal
Spain's Union of Education Inspectors (USIE)
The Unión Sindical de Inspectores de Educación is the professional union of education inspectors. USIE offers its members: professional advice, legal defence, information and specific training (face-to-face and distance learning). USIE carries out its activities in order to defend the professional rights of education inspectors and to create a model of educational inspection characterised by technical qualification and professional independence.
Spain's Union of Education Inspectors Portal
Union of Public Service Managers and Professionals (FDA) England
The FDA is the trade union representing professionals and managers in public service. We believe that public services – and those who work in them – matter. We stand up for our members, strive to improve their working lives, and help them to make the most of their careers. We represent policy advisors, diplomats, lawyers, tax professionals, economists, statisticians and museum curators. We work with members across more than 200 government departments, agencies, and arms-length bodies in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and overseas. We have championed equality and fought discrimination, we have promoted civil service values, and were fundamental in the establishment of the Civil Service Code.
Union of Public Service Managers and Professionals (FDA) England Portal
Union of Public Service Managers and Professionals – Wales
It represents civil servants and senior professionals working for the devolved administration and Welsh Government sponsored bodies as well as those working in UK government departments. Through FDA Cymru|Wales the union focusses on and campaigns on specific Welsh issues, supporting members through our dedicated office in Cardiff. We are committed to the professional development of members in Wales to help members progress in their careers.
Union of Public Service Managers and Professionals – Wales Portal
Union of Education and Science Workers of Slovakia (Odborový zväz školstva a vedy, sekcia zamestnancov ŠŠI)
It is an independent, non-political and non-profit organisation. Today, the union brings together more than 48,000 of its members - teachers, professionals and non-teaching staff from all types and levels of schools and educational establishments. It is therefore the second largest union in Slovakia and the largest union in the non-industrial sphere. With the creation of the Association of Basic Education, the Association of Secondary Education and the Association of Universities and Direct Management Organisations and the operation of individual professional sections, the union's activities are moving closer to the membership base. The Union has district and regional councils of grassroots organisations set up in the regions in accordance with the associations' membership, which have proportional representation on the Union's decision-making bodies.
Union of Education and Science Workers of Slovakia Portal
Union of KEME-PASYDY (Branch of Secondary Education Inspectors – Pancyprian Public Servants’ Trade Union)
Is the professional section of PASYDY that represents secondary education inspectors in Cyprus. It brings together both Inspectors and Chief Education Inspectors from across Secondary Education, and also includes members from Higher Education. PASYDY (Pancyprian Public Servants’ Trade Union), established in 1927, is one of Cyprus’s leading trade union federations. With around 15,000 members, PASYDY advocates across the public service for workers’ rights, fair public sector reforms, salary adjustments, and social benefits. As a branch of PASYDY, KEME-PASYDY plays a key role in supporting education professionals by:
- Championing the professional interests of education inspectors;
- Participating in union-led activities, including statements in defence of members in the public discourse;
- Collaborating actively at both national and union levels to uphold and advance professional standards in education.
