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  • Unite welcomes establishment of JLC for English Language Teaching sector

    JLC follows lengthy campaign by Unite members working in sector 31 January: Unite, which represents English Language Teachers throughout Ireland, has welcomed the establishment of a Joint Labour Committee to set minimum terms and conditions in the sector.  The JLC follows a lengthy campaign by Unite members working as English Language Teachers.  Commenting, Unite Regional…

  • Language training for refugees: Unite calls for engagement with ELTs

    May 2nd: Unite, which represents English Language Teachers throughout Ireland, has called on the Government to engage with ELTs in order to develop a robust model of language teaching provision for refugees and asylum seekers. Commenting, Unite Regional Coordinating Officer Richie Browne said: “While the focus is currently on the Ukrainian refugees fleeing war in their homeland…

  • English Language Schools must engage with workers before re-opening

    Safe teaching and learning environment will be central to future success of sector May 11th: Unite, which represents English Language Teachers throughout Ireland, today (Monday) said that schools must start engaging now with teachers to ensure that the industry can bounce back once the Covid-19 emergency is over.  Speaking following publication of the Return to Work…

  • English Language Teachers: Schools must engage with Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme

    April 1st: Unite, which represents English Language Teachers throughout Ireland, has urged employers to engage with the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme to ensure that teachers are retained in employment and the sector can restart once the current COVID-19 emergency is over.  The union also warned employers not to exploit the emergency in respect of members’…

  • As Delfin pickets resume tomorrow, unrest in sector spreads with dispute at IBAT

    November 10th: Unite, which represents English Language Teachers throughout Ireland, today (Sunday) announced that pickets will resume tomorrow at Delfin English School while members in IBAT have also voted to take industrial action and will be holding a series of one-hour stoppages starting tomorrow with the potential for escalation if issues in dispute are not…

  • Bogus self-employment:  Oireachtas Committee told presumption of employment most effective remedy

    Unite says bogus self-employment rife in construction but also encountered elsewhere Eliminating bogus self-employment would be win for workers, win for Exchequer and win for compliant employers June 20th:  Unite, which represents workers throughout the economy, today (Thursday) appeared before the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection to give the union’s perspective on…