The MUT wrote to the MCAST Principal to give an ultimatum of 48 hours following which the union shall declare a trade dispute over unsolved issues concerning errors in workings of salaries. These issues are related to a misinterpretation of the collective agreement of lecturing grades and MCAST’s MG2i work, who expect lecturers to work […]

The MUT is receiving reports that MCAST is carrying out an exercise claiming that a number of employees received overpayment due to errors in the past years. The MUT has requested details about the said overpayments and the errors being claimed but these have not been forthcoming. In view of this, the union is directing […]

The MUT shall be meeting members who are directors and deputies at MCAST to update about the current situation. The meeting shall be held online on Thursday 22nd at 16.00. The link for the meeting shall be sent to members before the meeting.

Whilst the MUT and MCAST agreed that units at levels 1 to 3 shall be delivered according to arrangements made between the lecturer and institute management, MCAST is not accepting such arrangements and is imposing its own. The MUT has issued a directive to this effect and is receiving consistent information that MCAST is not […]

Following discussions and direction for Lecturers in Levels 1 to 4, the MUT is receiving information that the arrangements being carried out are not in agreement with Lecturers. In view of this, the MUT is hereby directing all lecturers to be present on campus and to deliver online lectures to the said levels unless the […]

The MUT has communicated with the MCAST Principal and stated that it is ready to suspend the directives to Managers on condition that the MUT receives the formal financial proposal for Managers and that it receives tentative dates for meetings to continue discussions. The MUT reserves the right to re-issue directives. UPDATE 23-09-2020: The MUT […]

The MUT shall be holding discussions with MCAST regarding the protocol and guidelines to be adopted on the reopening of MCAST. Contrary to what has been reported by some media, the MUT has not discussed or reached an agreement with MCAST regarding the matter and shall be updating members following discussions in the coming days.

Following a verification exercise by the DIER, the MUT has obtained the sole recognition of Student Mentors at MCAST. As per usual practice, the MUT will be communicating with MCAST management and respective members regarding this development to discuss the way forward. The MUT thanks members for their trust and support.