The TEFL Workers’ Union is again in dispute with the British Council and their outsourcing agency, Impellam, over the alleged dismissal of a whistleblower. The union alleges that the worker was fired after raising health and safety concerns related to the scheduling system. Online teacher Marina claims she was sacked after raising concerns that the … Read more
On Thursday August 17th, the TEFL Workers’ Union is proud to be appearing on the livestream of the TEFL Development Hub to discuss workers’ rights. The conversation will begin at 10am (UK time). To watch live, you must be a member of the TEFL Development Hub Facebook group, which you can join here. For those … Read more
TEFL Workers’ Union WorkshopKnow Your Rights!Thursday 27 July, 19:00-21:00Common Ground Cafe 37-38 Little Clarendon St, Oxford OX1 2HFFree for teachers and other workers at English language schools! The TEFL Workers’ Union is proud to be hosting our first event in Oxford! It will be a relaxed social environment with two short talks: • what to … Read more
The following was written by a former TEFL teacher turned cycle instructor. The TEFL Workers Union sends our fullest solidarity to the IWGB couriers. We encourage our members to donate to their strike fund if they can. At first sight the world of chains, gears and brakes might have little in common with that of … Read more
The TEFL Union has commenced legal action to support one of our members on what the union believes is grounds of bogus self-employment and bullying. The worker, who wishes to remain anonymous, was employed by WE Bridge Academy, based in Cardiff. While working there, our member allegedly suffered several unfair workplace violations at the hands … Read more
We’ve recently been contacted by a teacher who works for Learnlight. The issues will be familiar to anyone who’s worked as an online ELT teacher: lack of consistent scheduling, no pay rise for years, unresponsive management, and questionable self-employed status. We know that Learnlight employs hundreds of teachers and we can’t imagine this is the … Read more