May 21, 2018 at 4:06 pm
Officials from the MUT and the Forum Unions Maltin participated in last Saturday’s solidarity march organised by the Police Unions. Forum Unions Maltin, the confederation representing over 13,000 members including MUT members, declared its support as it believes that all employees should send a strong message of solidarity to PC Simon Schembri and his family […]
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May 14, 2018 at 3:47 pm
The MUT continued to receive reports about a pilot project being held in a limited number of schools which involves a new printing procedure that includes the Government Printing Press. The Union is currently monitoring this pilot project whilst receiving feedback from members. In fact, members have already reported a number of logistical difficulties in […]
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May 14, 2018 at 3:41 pm
A “Handwriting Conference” is being held by the Pediatric Occupational Therapy Services (POTS) in collaboration with the National Handwriting Association in the UK. It is specifically directed towards occupational therapists and teaching personnel and helps at addressing several queries and difficulties encountered by children when learning how to adequately hold a pencil, form letters and […]
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May 14, 2018 at 12:01 pm
After another serious incident that could have had much more serious consequences last Friday in front of a State Middle School, the MUT sustains that the Ministry should not procrastinate anymore on this issue and that if things remain status quo the Union will have no option but to take the necessary action to protect […]
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May 11, 2018 at 4:15 pm
The MUT received reports about plans to have three LSEs in some State School classes as from the next scholastic year. The Union has never agreed to this and the understanding has always been not to have more than two LSEs in a classroom. In view of this, the MUT has already registered its objections […]
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May 11, 2018 at 2:27 pm
A video campaign by eight international partners coordinated by UIL, the Italian Labour Trade Union, has been launched promoting gender equality. The three subjects for the series of videos produced reflect the main topics of the project, which are #wasteoftalent #genderpaygap and #worklifebalance. The videos are as follows: (1) #GetUp_Project – WASTE OF TALENT When […]
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May 10, 2018 at 4:23 pm
The MUT would like to remind teaching grades members, including in SMT, that they cannot be requested to attend meetings during holiday periods. Any pressure to attend such meetings should be reported to the Union as per usual practice. The MUT would like to also note that nothing has changed in relation to this matter […]
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May 10, 2018 at 3:02 pm
The third transnational meeting of the Sequences project took place in Malta last week. Each of the 6 countries currently piloting the Sequences draft tool-kit shared their experience of working with early years settings and their progress to date. This meeting took place in the offices of Malta Union of Teachers, Ħamrun. Thanks to all […]
read more »May 9, 2018 at 1:39 pm
Following the announcement by the Government related to the setting up of an international school at the site of the old military hospital in Mtarfa, the MUT has written to the Minister for Education and Employment on behalf of educators at independent schools to show its concerns about the situation. The MUT asked about the […]
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