TEFL Union challenges self-employment at WE Bridge Academy

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Image says "stop precarious contracts in ELT, no to zero-hours, no to fixed-term, not to bogus self-employment." Below that it says "no to bogus self-employment at W.E. Bridge Academy"

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

Work at Learnlight? Reach out to the union!

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Logo of the TEFL Workers Union: Green background, white lettering, with a IWW globe as the O in union.

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 Says Join a Union!

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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

TEFL Workers on the march in Oxford!

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Image shows a man with a placard advertising the TEFL Workers Union. In the background, a sign for Kaplan language school can be seen.

We’re proud to announce the a group of TEFL workers in Oxford are hitting the ground running with a union campaign in the city! Work in the language teaching industry in Oxford? Get involved! Here’s what our Oxford campaign has to say: For those of us working at an English language learning school or college, … Read more

TEFL Union takes COVID whistleblowing case to tribunal – and secures payout!

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The TEFL Workers’ Union is happy to report that we have successfully supported a member through a tribunal.  At issue was whether a holiday party held at a central London English language school was COVID safe and whether one of our members suffered detriment for whistleblowing when they raised concerns with management. Despite attempting to resolve … Read more

BC Teachers in Japan prepare to strike: An interview

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Image reads: Education Workers Solidarity. Union to union, worker to worker, we stand together

When we think of workers striking, we usually think of ‘big’ issues like pay. But while pay can certainly be motivator, the reason most of strikes happen is because workers want justice. We see that our employers are only concerned about their bottom line. As workers, we want respect and dignity. And we want respect … Read more