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Please see the letter that has been sent this afternoon from NITC, all five trade unions in agreement.
Please share.
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#Solidarity
with all those teachers, lecturers, university support staff and postal workers taking strike action today 💪
@ucuatqub
@UCU_Ulster
@ucu
@EISUnion
@Cwunieast
@CWUnews
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In an historic result the Ulster Teachers’ Union members have voted for Action Short of Strike and Strike Action.
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The Northern Ireland Teachers’ Council, which includes the UTU, have issued a press release in response to the Education Minister’s comments regarding the transfer test.
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Delegates standing in silent protest at the negative impact the impasse of Stormont is having on
#education
across Northern Ireland.
#UTU100
#UTU
Children are suffering.
Education deserves better.
Photos ©️Kevin Cooper Photoline NUJ
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James Larkin - born 21 January 1876 - Trade Unionist who fought poverty and injustice and who coined the phrase "a fair day's pay for a fair day' work". Who called for workers to stand up for themselves.
Values which are as important today as they were a hundred years ago.
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Thanks to all the
@UlsterUni
#PGCE
students who joined the Ulster Teachers’ Union this afternoon.
Lots of interesting discussions around applications, interviews and CVs.
All the best for the rest of your studies and career
#teacherlife
#FutureTeachers
#FutureInTeaching
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The Central Executive Committee has decided to move forward with a ballot of members on industrial action.
#UlsterTeachersUnion
#UTU
#Teachers
#Education
#CostOfLivingCrisis
#IndustrialAction
#Union
#TradeUnion
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No teacher wants to be standing on a picket line, but here we are, enough is enough. Our schools and support services demand significant investment and pay parity.
Audrey Dempsey
Vice Principal and SENCO
Ulster Teachers' Union CEC and South West Branch Chair.
#strikeaction
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#UTU
at the May Day March and Rally in Belfast.
#WeStandWithLyra
#workersrights
#internationalsolidarity
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***Coronavirus update***
An emergency meeting to address
#Coronavirus
concerns has been arranged with the relevant authorities for Monday.
We will circulate any information to our members as soon as possible.
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UTU members standing proudly on a frosty morning ❄️💪🚩
Together we are stronger 💪
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Larne High School Ulster Teachers' Union members on the picket this morning.
Strike Action
Wednesday 29 November
00:01 to 12 Noon
#fairpayforeducation
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Dromara Primary School teachers take a stand for fair pay and increased funding in education to ensure a brighter future for their students.
#fairpayforeducation
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Schools should be more than
#exam
factories, Ulster Teachers’ Union says via
@irish_news
@5imonDoyl3
#UTU
#gcseresultsday
#GCSE
#gcseresults2018
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Today is International Women's Day
#InternationalWomensDay2020
#IWD2020
Today we celebrate all the inspirational women in our lives.
We applaud these women. Our mothers, grandmothers, sisters, aunts, cousins, nieces, friends, Colleagues, Teachers, School & Trade Union Leaders
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UTU members have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the deal on pay and workload.
91% voting to accept.
Thank you to all members who turned out to vote in these challenging times.
UTU assures you that we are committed to delivering change on your behalf.
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The UTU will be at the
@NIC_ICTU
#CostofLivingCrisis
#TradeUnion
march and rally on Saturday 25th June from noon at
#Stormont
Main Gate.
Any UTU members needing further information contact us at HQ.
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Northern Ireland teachers stand firm over January 18 strike action
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The Northern Ireland Teachers’ Council (NITC) which forms the teachers’ side of the Teachers Negotiating Committee has rejected the offer made by Management Side.
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The UTU
@UTUfit
and
@BlendEd_NI
event has just started!!!
Thank you to the BlendEd_NI team for introducing Apple Teacher and iPad skills.
With over 340
#UTU
members listening to the collaborative and exciting work of BlendEd_NI
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Today, we honour the extraordinary strength, resilience, and grace of women everywhere.
To all the teachers who empower young minds and embody the essence of womanhood, thank you for shaping a brighter future.
Happy International Women's Day!
#IWD2024
#EmpowerWomen
🌟♀️
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🔴Our joint UTU, INTO & NEU message to Parents and Carers on why we need to invest in our teachers.
🔵The NEU Northern Ireland members have also voted in favour of strike action next week.
#FairPayInEducation
#InvestInEducation
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Ulster Teachers’ Union members showing support for School Leaders this morning at DENI Rathgael House, Bangor.
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Hundreds of teachers and civil servants involved in biggest industrial action in a decade.
UTV - Wednesday 26 April 2023
Jacquie White, General Secretary interviewed.
Watch 📺 at 🔗
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“I teach my students to stand up for themselves.
Now it’s my turn.”
#SupportFairPayInEducation
#educationdemandsbetter
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You're never too young to picket for the future of education in Northern Ireland.
Even the smallest voices echo the call for positive change.
#fairpayforeducation
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The Ulster Teachers’ Union working along side our NITC colleagues can now confirm that an urgent meeting will take place with DE and EA to discuss the many concerns raised by members in the Special Sector over the past few days. We will update members tomorrow.
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Ulster Teachers’ Union at
@NIC_ICTU
Rally today in support of workers at Harland & Wolff Shipyard
#SaveOurShipYard
#NationaliseNow
#HWjobs
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✨Thank you to our members and everyone working in schools for their important role in this exceptional year✨
🎄 We wish you a restful and safe
#Christmas
break 🎄
#Teachers
#Education
#UlsterTeachersUnion
#Christmas
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Highlights of the Ulster Teachers’ Union Centenary Conference.
Held recently in
@Slievedonard
Newcastle, Co. Down
#UTU100
#UTU
#education
Inspiring Teachers: Past, Present and Future.
@UTUCarrickAbbey
@UTUfit
@UTUBelfast
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#Solidarity
to
@ucu
members across UK as they continue to defend their pension.
@oubucu
@ucuatqub
@UCU_Ulster
#QUB
#UU
#ucustrike
#nocapitulation
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Striking teachers warn of savage cuts to come: ‘It’s about more than pay’
Lynelle Fenton UTU President.
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A big thank you to our delegates, guests and fraternal friends who attended our Centenary Conference and to the
@Slievedonard
in Newcastle, Co. Down for their hospitality over the past few days.
#UTU100
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Join the Ulster Teachers' Union this Saturday for the May Day March and Rally.
Assembly at College of Art Gardens for the rally at Belfast City Hall.
The keynote speaker is Mike Lynch, GS
@RMTunion
#workersdemandbetter
#educationdemandsbetter
#SupportFairPayInEducation
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Ulster Teachers’ Union demand training to cope with growing number of autistic pupils
#SEN
@irish_news
@5imonDoyl3
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Thanks to Stranmillis University College for having the
#UTU
in to speak to student teachers about life as a teacher.
- Gillian Dunlop (Principal of Largymore Ps), Carney Cumper (VP, Killyleagh Integrated PS, UTU President) & Lewis Love (Former Principal, Omagh High UTU FO.
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If you are able to, join 9one of the Teachers’ Unions Rallies tomorrow.
There are 7 locations.
From 10am.
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Ms Jacqui White has been elected as Ulster Teachers’ Union General Secretary.
She will take up the position from April 2019.
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UTU members in attendance at the Ballymena Rally.
Under Paid.
Under Appreciated.
Under Funded.
#InvestInEducation
#SupportFairPayInEducation
#Strike
#Teachers
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It’s International Women’s Day and the Ulster Teachers’ Union
#UTU
celebrate and pay tribute to school leaders, teachers and colleagues who inspire, guide & teach pupils each day.
#IWD2019
#IWD
#InternationalWomenDay
#internationalwomensday2019
#BalanceforBetter
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NI teachers’ lives ‘being ruined’ by online abuse, Ulster Teachers’ Union warns
#UTU2022
#SocialMedia
#Education
#Teachers
#Unions
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Key note speaker at the Belfast
#MayDay
rally was Mike Lynch, General Secretary,
@RMTunion
.
The event’s master of ceremonies was Jacquie White, GS UTU and VIce-President NIC ICTU.
The theme today was
#WorkersDeserveBetter
#SupportFairPayInEducation
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Unions unite in battle for fair teacher pay.
Members of the NITC, the representative body for the teachers’ unions, have agreed to act jointly to make finding an acceptable resolution to the question of teachers pay an Assembly election issue.
#SupportFairPayInEducation
#UTU2022
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The Ulster Teachers' Union at this afternoon’s May Day march & rally in Belfast.
#SupportFairPayInEducation
#educationdemandsbetter
#workersdemandbetter
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We miss the children and we want them back! However, as we begin to consider what a return to the classroom setting will look like in the next academic year, parents, children & teachers must be assured that schools are safe spaces before this can happen
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There’s a see of red posters among delegates at
#UTU100
. Standing in protest and calling for politicians to work together to get
#Stormont
back to business!!
#Children
are suffering.
#Education
deserves better.
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⏰TIME FOR ACTION
🤝SUPPORT THE STRIKE
🗓️18 JANUARY 2024
🔴STRIKE
🔴PICKET
🔴RALLY
#Unions
#Strike
#IndustrialAction
#ulsterteachersunion
#Teachers
#TradeUnions
#FairPayForTeachers
#payparity
#payparitynow
#payparityineducation
#PayParityNorthernIreland
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The 100th Annual Conference of the Ulster Teachers’ Union will begin this afternoon in
@Slievedonard
Carney Cumper, President, and Susan Thompson, Vice-President, look forward to meeting our delegates, guests and exhibitors.
#UTU100
#UTU
#Teachers
#Education
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Motion 1 of
#BDC2022
#BDC21
being moved by Shaunagh Lambe
@NASUWT_NI
- Fair Employment for Teachers - in society we live in today this is reasonable and should be an expectation.
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Solidarity today with teachers across Scotland and
@EISUnion
demonstrating and marching for fair pay
#PayAttention
#ValueEducationValueTeachers
#EIS27Oct
Cuts don’t heal.
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UTU members of the Foyle Branch at the Guildhall rally making their voices heard.
Fair pay for Teachers!
@derrypost
@UTUfit
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#UTU
General Secretary, Jacquie White, said it "beggared belief" that newly-qualified teachers were being offered the minimum wage.
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The audience enjoyed excellent performances from Drumrane Primary, Hardy Memorial, Harmony Hill, Omagh County, Ebrington Primary, Cedar Integrated, Hazelbank Primary, Dungannon Primary and Ballyclare Secondary.
@harmonyhillps
@CedarIPS
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🔴Lynelle Fenton President Ulster Teachers' Union on the picket line with Irish National Teachers' Organisation NI members at Bradside Integrated Primary School.
🚩Standing together for
#fairpayforeducation
#educationdemandsbetter
#UnionStrong
💪
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Dr Lisa Wilson, Senior Economist at the Nevin Economic Research Institute
@NERI_research
is addressing
#UTU
conference on the Gender Pay Gap in Northern Ireland.
@LisaWilsonNERI
@NIC_ICTU
@irishcongress
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Solidarity to all the lecturers, teachers and staff taking strike action today
@ucu
@UCU_Ulster
@ucuatqub
@NEUnion
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🗳🗳🗳🗳🗳🗳🗳🗳🗳🗳🗳
@NEU_NIreland
@INTO_NI
and
#UTU
working together.
You can make a difference – make sure your voice and that of your children is heard – support the campaign to invest in our childrens’
#Education
.
REMEMBER
- YOUR VOTE COUNTS
💪💪🗳🗳
#GE2019
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Lynelle Fenton, UTU President, supporting all the teachers at Buick Memorial Primary School taking action today for
#FairPayForEducation
.
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Jacquie White, GS UTU, and Dr Tom Black, Chair of BMA Northern Ireland, interviewed on Channel 4 News via
@mattfrei
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❤️❤️ Four Teachers’ Unions
📣📣Seven Rally Points
🔴🔴TUE 21 FEB
♦️♦️JOIN US AT THE RALLY POINTS BELOW:
Belfast (City Hall)
Omagh (Courthouse)
Derry/Londonderry (Guildhall)
Ballymena Ballee)
Newry (Townhall)
Bangor (Rathgael House)
Coleraine (Townhall)
#FairPayInEducation
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Happy Teacher Appreciation Day.
Thank you for all you do today and everyday.
#TeacherAppreciationDay
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Ulster Teachers' Union members on the picket line this morning at Crumlin Integrated Primary School
#FairPayInEducation
#SupportFairPayInEducation
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Thousands of striking health workers and teachers descend on Belfast for rally.
#SupportFairPayInEducation
#fairpayineducation
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Jacquie White, General Secretary
#UTU
along with nine other teacher trade unions making up the British & Irish Group of Teacher Unions (BIGTU) have written to Mr Peter Weir, Minister of Education, to raise concerns regarding the future re-opening of schools.
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Solidarity to all teachers, & principals and health care workers taking strike action today.
@NASUWT_NI
@INTO_NI
@NEU_NIreland
@UniteunionNI
@nipsa
@UNISONNI
@GMBNI
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Details of a great opportunity for teachers to gain the Irish FA National Coaching Certificate.
Teachers must be either:
a) working in a school in the Belfast Council Area
OR
b) living in the Belfast Council area
Course duration: 2.5 days
Details in UTU NEWS 🔗in bio 👆
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🔴NITC asks all teachers and School Leaders to stick to the Action Short of Strike instructions. We deserve pay parity.
#TradeUnionTuesday
#PayParityInEducation
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Fraternal greetings to
@INTOnews
@INTO_NI
delegates who are attending their 149th Congress
which opens today in
#Belfast
#INTOCongress17
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#UTU18
gets underway this afternoon. The President, General Secretary and Central Executive Committee look forward to meeting delegates and fraternal guests later in Newcastle, Co. Down
The ninety-ninth Annual Conference of the Ulster Teachers’ Union will take place from 15 to 16 March 2018 in
#Newcastle
, Co. Down
#UTU18
#UTU
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Look out for details about
⭐Burns Skills School Ltd ⭐ and their re-branding to Burns Skills Schools Ltd. in the latest
#UTU
NEWS now posted out to members
#BSS
@Burns_skills
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‘This is a week like no other’ says Cookstown native and a Larne teacher. The incoming President of
@UTU
“...our members want to do their bit in the frontline alongside the doctors and nurses and hospital staff”
#coronavirus
#COVID2019
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❤️Many thanks to the UTU members across the province who have been visiting the distribution points during half-term break & collecting materials for their school picket.
🔴HQ has also been inundated with members who have driven to our office to collects bibs, flags and posters.
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Teachers hit back at MP's 'shameful and reckless' jibes over return to class -
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📣Strike Action on Wednesday 26th April.
❗️Join us at the Belfast City Hall rally from 12.30pm.
#educationdemandsbetter
#workersdemandsbetter
#fairpayineducation
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🚨Strike Action
🔴Wednesday 29 November
🛑00:01 to 12 Noon
#fairpayforeducation
“Our action today is about so much more than pay – it is also about the pay parity which would give Northern Ireland’s teachers equal standing with their counterparts elsewhere in GB."
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The Ulster Teachers’ Union along with
@NEU_NIreland
&
@INTO_NI
are attending the Stranmillis College Student Fair today. Talking to the students about the importance of being in a Union.
#togetherstronger
#Unions
#Teachers
#Education
#UTU
#INTO
#NEU
#Stranmillis
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🚨🚨Northern Ireland Teachers’ Council
🔴🔴Strike Action from 00:01 to 12 Noon
🗓️🗓️Wednesday 29 November 2023
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Teachers must encourage pupils to embrace difference, Ulster Teachers’ Union urges via
@irish_news
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