The Union of Professional Educators – Voice of the Workers, has been informed by its members at St. Sebastian Primary School Hal Qormi, that a number of mouse traps had been placed within various classrooms. This was also confirmed by the Director General herself, after the UPE raised its concerns. This issue has caused grave […]

The Union of Professional Educators – Voice of the Workers, is more than a little disappointed with the budget as announced yesterday, Monday the 19th of October 2020. Despite the significant effort educators made when schools were closed, despite the work they did over the summer holidays, despite having rolled up their sleeves and scrapped […]

The Union of Professional Educators – Voice of the Workers was appalled at the statement which the Minister of Education made on a radio program on One Radio where he openly claimed that should a teacher not be available, the LSE in class should take over in his, or her, lieu. “Mistoqsi dwar x’jiġri f’każ […]

The UPE has been informed, via email by Dr. Frank Fabri, that in the wake of the closure of schools, the MUT has initiated covert negotiations with the government over the working conditions of educators without ensuring that educators have been adequately advised. Reliable sources have confirmed that these negotiations are related to the introduction […]

The Union of Professional Educators – Voice of The Workers, is hereby restating its position on the recent pilot project regarding the use of the governments photocopying service provider, in state schools. The Union remains adamant on the principle that Teachers and other Educators are Professionals and thus need to be treated as such. Their […]