TEFL: Organising for Success

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TEFL is great in many ways. Appreciative students, fun lessons, creating our own materials. But that’s not always matched by our working conditions. Zero-hours contracts. Wages that didn’t keep up with inflation long before the cost-of-living crisis. We’re often forced to leave the industry when we want to start a family or get a mortgage.  … Read more

TEFL Union Resolves Dispute With British Study Centres Ed.

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

The TEFL Workers’ Union is proud to report that our dispute with British Study Centres Education (BSC) has come to a positive resolution. We, along with BSC management, are issuing the statement below. We want to take a moment to thank everyone who offered support and solidarity over the course of the dispute. No matter … Read more

TEFL Union Organising Summit (London January 8th)

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Image shows a stylised graphic reading: London IWW organising Summit 2022 Plan organising priorities for the year ahead. Join a campaign. Sunday January 8th 9:30 - 5:00 Conway Hall Bertrand Russell Room 25 Red Lion Square WC1R 4RL Open to all IWW members in London and surrounding areas. Lunch provided Zoom link available Please contact with any accessibility needs

The TEFL Workers’ Union, in conjunction with the London branch of the IWW, will be hosting an organising summit on Sunday January 8th 2023. The event, which spans the course of the day, is designed to set organising and campaigning strategies for the TEFL Workers’ Union and the Brewery Workers Union in London. The event … Read more

Direct Action sees Victory Against British Council, Employment Agency

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Image shows approximately 10 picketers with rep IWW flags standing in front of an arch near Liverpool St Station

A series of pickets across the UK and Ireland, organised by the TEFL Workers’ Union, led to compensation for an English teacher who was dismissed abruptly from her role as an online teacher for the British Council last March. Lara, the teacher, was employed by the Impellam Group employment agency. Despite positive feedback during her … Read more

Contract Workshop Nov 12 (London)

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As part of our ongoing mission to make sure all TEFL workers know their rights and have the support they deserve at work, we’ll be running a “contract workshop” on November 12th in London. For an hour and half, union reps will be available to look over your contract, check to make sure everything is … Read more

Class, power, and monarchy: Thoughts on today’s bank holiday

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Image reads: "Another World is Possible" and has the logo of the IWW education workers

The following statement was written by a member of the TEFL Workers’ Union steering committee. It broadly expresses the sentiments of the wider union’s activist base: an uncompromising commitment to working class solidarity, comradely criticism of the wider labour movement, and an unflinching opposition to all social structures of hierarchy, domination, and exploitation. The TEFL … Read more