Tag: MUT
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The Office of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Education send a bizarre letter to teachers riddled with errors
In a bizarre twist to the teachers’ agreement saga, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Matthew Vella, and the HR Manager of the Office of the Prime Minister, Joyce Cassar, have sent a letter to all teachers. The letter, riddled with errors, is encouraging teachers to support the proposed agreement by the Ministry of…
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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 €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 to meet today at De La Salle College to present the proposed agreement by the Ministry of Education
The Malta Union of Teachers is to hold a meeting today with its members to present the proposed agreement with teachers by the Ministry of Education. The meeting will be held at the gymnasium of De La Salle College and 1000 members are expected to attend. MUT members are still demanding to have the proposed…
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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…
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The teacher’s strike was a success
Yesterday, Prime Minister Robert Abela insisted with the Malta Union of Teachers not to go ahead with today’s strike. Minister for Education Clifton Grima also threatened teachers by refusing to negotiate with them to go ahead with a strike. The “socialist” Prime Minister even told teachers that strikes are useless. The Malta Union of Teachers…