Mcast accuses MUT of rejecting all proposals during conciliation meetings
The teachers’ union has refused all offers made by Malta Council for Arts Science and Technology (Mcast) and was insisting on proceeding down a dead end of strikes and industrial actions, the college said on Thursday.
Mcast said in a statement that in the past two days it had proposed a further improved salary package and working conditions. It was constantly showing a positive attitude to find a fair and just solution, but the union was changing the goal posts every time a step towards a solution was made.
All lecturing grades, LSAs, technical grades and student services grades at Mcast have been ordered to go on strike for two hours on Thursday and Friday.
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The Malta Union of Teachers (MUT) said on Friday that following the withdrawal of a court mandate by Mcast, it attended three conciliation meetings but the outcome was unsatisfactory.
The mandate was filed after the union announced last month that educators at Mcast would be striking following months of discussions. Industrial action was suspended after a judge upheld a request for a warrant of prohibitory injunction following an application by Mcast.
On Wednesday,...