January 21, 2019 at 4:05 pm
The Malta Union of Teachers is lifting the directive to lecturers to refrain from passing attendance records to Management. This decision has been taken after MCAST transferred the funds for works resources and published the agreed policy on the use of such resources. Educators can now utilise the said works resources allowance as stipulated in […]
read more »December 4, 2018 at 10:15 am
The Malta Union of Teachers is hereby issuing a list of directives to members at MCAST following the failure of the college to honour the Collective Agreement reached with the Union earlier this year. The issue concerns the salary and allowances workings, which are being worked out wrongly and to date the majority of members […]
read more »December 3, 2018 at 9:35 am
The MUT has informed the MCAST management and Ministry for Education and Employment that it is declaring a Trade Dispute with the college following the failure of MCAST to adhere to the provisions of the Collective Agreement regarding the issue of salaries and allowances. The Union has been raising this issue from the first days […]
read more »December 3, 2018 at 9:13 am
All members are being directed to refrain from filling, signing and forwarding a consent form which has been received regarding the issue of works resources as this form was never agreed upon with the union. The MUT shall be discussing the matter with management.
read more »October 26, 2018 at 12:49 pm
The MUT has been in correspondence with the Ministry and MCAST management since the college Finance Office has created, through sheer incompetence and hardheadedness, an unprecedented situation of interpreting the agreement as it likes. This includes calculations of salaries, arrears and distribution of Work Resources Fund, and in many cases they have decided to make […]
read more »October 2, 2018 at 9:52 am
As the MUT had predicted, MCAST Finance Office has just issued adjustments to members of staff following the Collective Agreement and most of the adjustments are wrong. The Union flagged the issue to management many times, including during the negotiations as well as during initial meetings with the new MCAST management, and MCAST assured the […]
read more »September 28, 2018 at 12:44 pm
Following correspondence with MCAST management on the reduction of students’ learning entitlement, the MUT believes that MCAST is being very short-sighted and is not seeing the implications. MCAST’s position to safeguard student’s learning entitlement was so strong during directives of the Union earlier this year and made whatever possible to avoid students missing one minute […]
read more »September 26, 2018 at 9:55 am
The MUT received reports that MCAST is reducing the learning entitlement of its students by reducing the number of hours allocated to study units. The reduction is considerable and ranges from 12% to 50% of the allocated hours. This unprecedented decision will affect both students and lecturers who shall be requested to teach/learn the same […]
read more »August 3, 2018 at 9:45 am
L-MUT qed toġġezzjona għal deċiżjoni mgħaġġla li ttieħdet mit-tmexxija tal-MCAST fejn, kif ġie kkomunikat lill-impjegati u l-istudenti ftit tal-jiem ilu, l-MCAST waqqaf uffiċċju msejjaħ tal-“Ombudsman” u ħatar persuna li tokkupa grad ogħli fit-tmexxija tal-MCAST bħala “Ombudsman”. Din id-deċiżjoni tqajjem diversi mistoqsijiet, partikolarment dwar jekk l-istruttura li twaqqfet hix konformi mal-leġislazzjoni li tirregola kemm l-istess MCAST […]
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