February 22, 2018 at 11:58 am
Following a number of conciliation meetings with MCAST, the MUT cannot accept the hastily issued proposals made on the eve of industrial action. The latest offer made by MCAST will lead to second and third-class lecturers at the expense of lecturers of vocational subjects. MCAST started as a vocational college, and with the current drive […]
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February 16, 2018 at 12:49 pm
Following the withdrawal of the court mandate by MCAST, the Malta Union of Teachers attended three conciliation meetings whose outcomes were unsatisfactory. The MUT feels that there is no goodwill from MCAST to treat educators at par with other post-secondary institutions as confirmed when, rather than seeking a solution, MCAST tried to silence educators. It […]
read more »February 9, 2018 at 11:34 am
L-MUT tinnota li l-Kulleġġ MCAST ilbieraħ ħabbar li ser jirtira l-mandat tal-qorti li effettivament waqqaf kemm id-direttivi leġittimi tal-Union u anki t-tkomplija tan-negozjati tal-ftehim għall-edukaturi fi ħdan il-kulleġġ. Din hija mossa li turi kemm l-MCAST ma kellhom l-ebda argument u kienet biss tattika biex ikaxkru saqajhom għad-detriment tal-edukaturi, li bħalissa jinsabu b’moral baxx kemm għall-kundizzjonijiet […]
read more »February 7, 2018 at 11:56 am
Following the court prohibitory warrant to stop industrial actions and subsequent hearing, which effectively muzzled educators at MCAST, the management at this college are now trying to implement new dubious practices knowing that no action can be taken until the court of justice issues its sentence. This means that MCAST educators are now falling victim […]
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January 25, 2018 at 9:57 am
Educators at MCAST have been temporarily prohibited from proceeding with industrial actions, including a set of directives and two strikes which were planned for later today and tomorrow, until the case is heard in court next week. Yesterday afternoon, the Malta Union of Teachers was in fact slapped with a prohibitory warrant filed by MCAST […]
read more »January 19, 2018 at 2:58 pm
Following intensive meetings between the MUT, the MCAST management and the Industrial Relations Unit (IRU), it is clear that there is no willingness from the IRU to reach an agreement on how to give lecturers what they are due. This agreement expired more than a year ago and after long negotiations during this period, the […]
read more »January 4, 2018 at 1:29 pm
After a meeting held today, 4th January 2018, chaired by the Director of Employment and Industrial Relations between the official sides, composed of the MCAST Management and the Industrial Relations Unit on one side and the Malta Union of Teachers (MUT) on the other, on existing issues between the parties on the Collective Agreement for […]
read more »January 4, 2018 at 9:36 am
The MUT is hereby issuing a reply to the editorial of The Malta Independent which was published on Wednesday 3rd January entitled “MUT-MCAST dispute – Students worse off”. It is evident that the said editorial reproduced only the part of the dispute which was convenient to build a biased argument against the legitimate directives of […]
read more »December 12, 2017 at 4:28 pm
The MUT has today met again with the MCAST management, with the latter submitting another financial proposal for the Collective Agreement. This proposal is still not acceptable by the Union but following an understanding on the way forward for the negotiation of this financial proposal in the context of the whole Collective Agreement, the MUT […]
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