Tag: agreement
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A dozen of Learning Support Assistants have teamed together to write this letter and make it public
I am publishing in full a letter that a group of Learning Supporter Assistants have written for the attention of the trade unions and the Ministry of Education currently negotiating their updated conditions. LSE’s are protesting mostly on the fact that their increaes are not as substantial as those provided to teachers. Disappointment Among some…
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Voting by union members for the proposed agreement by the Ministry of Education has been cancelled
The Malta Union of Teachers is abandoning plans to rush a proposed agreement by the Ministry of Education before the European Parliament elections. Voting for the agreement has now been cancelled as negotiations between the MUT and the Ministry of Education are still on track on several details of the agreement. More updates later. You…
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Rushing an agreement before the elections
Plans to rush a deal between the Malta Union of Teachers and the Ministry of education right before the European Parliament elections may not be fulfilled as the Union and the Ministry of Education still have to renegotiate parts of the proposed agreement this week while members are expected to make an appointment to read…
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Beholden to imbeciles
As if it is not obvious enough by now, Minister for Education Clifton Grima is not fully in control either of the last remaining politically appointed rabble or of his own bureaucratic devices. Usually, when this happens, OPM bureaucrats increasingly take over your major decisions even up to a policy-level. So, the case of the…
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The Malta Union of Teachers will be renegotiating the proposed agreements with the Ministry of Education
The Malta Union of Teachers will be renegotiating several parts of the proposed agreement made to it by the Ministry of Education. Negotiations will be opened again after, Union members, mostly from the lower end of the grades and others in the most senior bracket of over 25 years of service protested to have been…
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The 2,000 allowance increase is only being given to teachers who have spent more than 20 years of service: young teachers are getting nothing
Given that the Malta Union of Teachers have refused to publish or even circulate the proposed agreement to its members there is some confusion on what is being proposed to them. Teachers are expected to vote on an agreement without even reading the original contract and they are basing their knowledge of it on a…
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The €2,000 allowance increase is only being given to teachers who have spent more than 20 years of service: young teachers are getting nothing
Given that the Malta Union of Teachers have refused to publish or even circulate the proposed agreement to its members there is some confusion on what is being proposed to them. Teachers are expected to vote on an agreement without even reading the original contract and they are basing their knowledge of it on a…
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UPDATED: No salary increases for teachers proposed, only a 500 allowance increase along with another 1000 one-time allowance
Teachers and members of the Malta Union of Teachers are currently at the De La Salle gymnasium listening to their union officials about the proposals they want them to sign which have been proposed by the Ministry of Education. Teachers will benefit from no salary increases. LSE’s and heads of schools have go a salary…
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UPDATED: No salary increases for teachers proposed, only a €500 allowance increase along with another €1000 one-time allowance
Teachers and members of the Malta Union of Teachers are currently at the De La Salle gymnasium listening to their union officials about the proposals they want them to sign which have been proposed by the Ministry of Education. Teachers will benefit from no salary increases. LSE’s and heads of schools have go a salary…
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MUT members still haven’t read the proposed conditions by the Ministry of Education as MUT keeps up its plan to swiftly approve the proposals
Following my story about the Malta Union of Teacher’s trying to swiftly pressure their members to accept the conditions handed to them by the Ministry of Education, MUT sent a reply which denied my story, and claimed that it is actually its members who want to swiftly conclude the agreement. However, the MUT’s reply was…
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The Malta Union of Teachers have sent a right of reply
The Malta Union of Teachers have sent a reply to my article and story about the current proposed agreement by the government to the MUT. My story claimed that the MUT wants to swiftly conclude and approve what is being offered to them by the Ministry of Education. I am reproducing the MUT’s right of…
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Members of the Malta Union of Teachers will vote on the new conditions offered by the government: MUT wants to sign
The MUT has been locked with the Ministry of Education in negotiations over new salaries and working conditions for teachers and the result of these negotiations are currently being communicated with the union’s members. The MUT will be holding a face to face meeting with members on Thursday 30th May to vote for the newly…
