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Since the beginning of the pandemic governments of the world have had a simple choices, keep people safe or continue the cycle of capital accumulation disregarding the safety of workers for the sake of bosses’ profits. The UK, like most…

TEFL Workers’ Union in 2020: a year in review   In a year that saw massive disruption to the TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) industry, our union has been an active and vocal voice for workers in language…

IWW officers stand against Osime’s deportation. IWW Regional Secretary William Sharkey: Fellow Workers, I would like to take this opportunity to condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the plan to deport Osime Brown to Jamaica; a country he has not…

Andrea Gilbert, IWW BAME officer The Traveller community have been targeted with racist and traumatic abuse following a documentary by Channel 4 about “The truth about Traveller Crime.” The aim was to show the increase of crime within the community…

Andrea Gilbert, IWW BAME officer The IWW BAME Officer brought forward a motion at the Equalities Committee meeting on Wednesday 16th December. The motion was brought to the Committee in support of unhoused migrants at risk of being reported to…

Sacked before Christmas: A fundraiser for online teachers   Teachers at The Overseas Teacher joined the IWW and filed for an employment tribunal challenging their self-employed status before facing mass dismissal.   DONATE HERE: https://gf.me/u/zcisui   The TEFL Workers’ Union…

Your language school is not invincible   We all know the problems we face working in the English teaching industry. Challenging them can be a daunting task.  Maybe you work in a small school alongside the owner. In an environment…

Andrea Gilbert, IWW BAME officer Prevent duty training was published by the Government in March 2015 under section 26 of the counter terrorism and security act 2015. The training is under taken online and is an introductory course which provides…

TEFL WORKERS’ UNION (IWW)      7th December 2020, London  PRESS RELEASE    TEFL WORKERS’ UNION (IWW) wins back pay for hundreds of staff at multinational English language teaching chain EF   Staff across the company secure back pay for underpayment…