As members and supporters will be aware, the union is currently supporting a former teacher at Escape Campus, a school based in Russell Square in London. Sheela alleges that she was consistently underpaid, had her contract unlawfully changed, and was so badly treated after returning from maternity leave that she had no option but to … Read more
A former employee of Escape Campus is claiming constructive dismissal on the grounds of contractual breach, late and missing pay and maternity discrimination. Sheela* worked at Escape Campus, also known as Verbo English, for years under contracted part-time hours. She returned from maternity leave to her job at the Bloomsbury-based school expecting to resume her … Read more
English teachers at EC London are voting on strike action in an unprecedented move for the TEFL industry. This the first time private sector English language teachers in the UK have balloted to strike. Teachers at EC English London, based in Angel, Islington, are balloting for strike action in a historic escalation of their campaign … Read more
Teachers at EC London are demanding pay restoration to pre-pandemic levels, improved working conditions and union recognition. In a first for the industry, a letter demanding union recognition was given to EC management this morning and the teachers held a rally outside the school over their lunch break. Teachers at EC London school of English … Read more
The TEFL Workers’ Union has submitted a Freedom of Information request to the British Council. The days of English Online (EOL) teachers getting passed back and forth from the BC to Impellam just to get basic information are over. Our union is here to shed light on how the BC really functions. Our union is … Read more
Sadly, shady business practices are far too common in the world of ELT. It runs the gamut from schools using bogus self-employed contracts all the way up to grifters who set up fake schools to fleece students of their cash. At the union, we consider it our duty to share information when it appears a school is not … Read more