October 7, 2022 at 4:26 pm
During the past days, a delegation of 41 Polish educators from trade union Solidarnosc visited Malta to experience the Maltese educational system. The delegation visited a number of Maltese schools and also had a meeting with union Officials at Ħamrun. During the meeting, there was an exchange of information about the respective unions’ work together […]
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July 13, 2022 at 2:40 pm
The MUT communicated with the Ministry for Education, Sport, Youth, Research and Innovation with regards to the implementation of the Work-Life Balance Directive announced by the government yesterday. These include several rights to be introduced into Maltese law related to paternity leave, parental leave and carers’ leave. The MUT stated that it will be focusing […]
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April 28, 2022 at 12:05 pm
On International Workers’ Memorial Day, the MUT joins the ETUCE to honour the lives of education workers lost to workplace accidents and illness. Each year almost 2 million workers lose their lives to work-related causes, according to alarming estimates by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and World Health Organisation (WHO). The terrible war in Ukraine […]
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March 24, 2022 at 3:41 pm
The ETUC Executive Committee approved a resolution in which it reiterated its condemnation of the invasion of a sovereign nation, in breach of international law and calls on Russia to respect Ukrainian territorial integrity, demands the immediate cessation of military operations, insists that Russian troops leave the country, and calls for dialogue and talks for […]
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May 20, 2021 at 11:45 am
The MUT, along with other education Trade Unions across Europe who are members of ETUCE, are coming together for the campaign: Together in the Union – #ForQualityEducation. All these unions stand together to shape quality education for the benefit of all educators, education personnel, children, and learners. The campaign, based on the project “Your Turn! […]
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June 18, 2020 at 4:36 pm
The MUT has communicated the endorsement of ETUCE’s Statement on the road to recovery from the COVID-19 crisis. In a communication sent to the Prime Minister and the Minister for Education and Employment, the MUT expressed its support for ETUCE’s position whilst requesting the Maltese Government’s support ahead of the European Council Meeting scheduled for […]
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April 17, 2020 at 5:11 pm
The COVID-19 pandemic and the quarantine measures implemented by most European governments are especially hard on women, as recently pointed out by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE). Women are more likely to face a significant increase in unpaid care work, precarious employment schemes, and an increase in gender-based violence and harassment. 73% of […]
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May 16, 2019 at 12:19 pm
The Malta Union of Teachers is joining Education International (EI) in celebrating the World Education Support Personnel (ESP) Day today 16th May. This year’s theme is Making the invisible visible – standing with ESP. The World ESP Day was launched in connection with EI’s first-ever ESP Conference in 2018, following the adoption of the ESP […]
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April 11, 2019 at 2:21 pm
The MUT has today met with Godfrey Farrugia for Partit Demokratiku as part of a series of meetings in the run up for the upcoming European Parliament elections. The Union has already met with Peter Agius, David Casa and Frank Psaila for Partit Nazzjonalista and with Alfred Sant for Partit Laburista and will continue to […]
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March 7, 2018 at 11:52 am
The following article has been published on the ETUCE website: “On 15 February 2018, the fifth round table meeting of the European Sectoral Social Dialogue in Education (ESSDE) Capacity building project III took place in Malta. At this occasion, representatives of Malta Union of Teachers (MUT), partner to the project, as well as Maltese education […]
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