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
Hugh Dellar is a teacher, course book writer, teacher trainer, and long time supporter of the TEFL Workers’ Union. He is an advocate for organising in your workplace as way to improve your contracts and protect yourself at work. Hear more about why you should join a union and get organised. Hugh knows that we … Read more