The Union of Professional Educators – Voice of the Workers has filed a categorical reply to all the points mentioned in the judicial letter filed against it by MEDE. In its reply the UPE stressed upon the right of the union to safeguard its members at their place of work by issuing directives in relation […]
The Union of Professional Educators – Voice of the Workers has been, for the past months, following the issue of the LSE2 wage discrepancy for those LSEs working in Church Schools who had been approved back in 2015 and 2016. These LSEs had studied and graduated with their colleagues who are currently working in State […]
The Union of Professional Educators – Voice of the Workers was glad to receive the welcome news that State School educators have been asked to fill in an online form asking them whether they would be willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. This form should be completed by the 19th of February and was received […]
The Union of Professional Educators – Voice of the Workers welcomes the news that educators, and members of staff working in schools, will start being invited to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in around 6 weeks’ time, immediately after the vulnerable portion of the population, as confirmed by Hon. Dr. Chris Fearne in a press conference […]
The Union of Professional Educators – Voice of the Workers was utterly shocked when last night, through the media, it found out that MEDE had filed a judicial letter against the UPE. It is to be noted that the notification of this judicial letter was made public before the UPE received it, and that to […]
The Union of Professional Educators – Voice of the Workers, welcomes the Prime Minister’s restrictive measures announced today. These restrictive measures came after the UPE appealed for further restrictions to be in place during the carnival period. The UPE stresses that further enforcement action needs to be taken to restrict rental accommodation to members of […]
The Union of Professional Educators – Voice of the Workers would like to voice its utter disappointment at, yet again, having been proven correct to believe that the agreement made on the 08th January 2021, was nothing more than yet another ad hoc agreement which was not formalised through documented signatures sealing the agreement in […]
On the 15th of January 2021 the Union of Professional Educators – Voice of the Workers had reiterated a directive from the 9th of December 2020, which states as follows: Peripatetic Teachers, Nurture Group Teachers, Nurture Group LSEs, Complementary Teachers, and Literacy Support Teachers, who are members of the UPE, are to adhere to their scheduled time table and not […]
The Union of Professional Educators – Voice of the Workers is still waiting for the written document detailing the agreement made between the MUT and the government following the strike which was held last week. The UPE is, formally requesting a copy of the above mentioned document from the Government, without any further delay. The […]
The Union of Professional Educators – Voice of the Workers is very concerned about the upcoming Carnival activities which are due to take place in February. Despite the cancellation of mass gatherings, and of organised events, which might bring large numbers of people together, red flags have been raised over the evidence of people nonetheless […]