Former MUT council members say they resigned after learning of agreement details from the media

Three members of the council of the Malta Union of Teachers said on Tuesday that they had resigned because they learnt about certain aspects of the new collective agreement for teachers from the media. Rita Catania, David Rossi and George Debono said that the council was never presented with a complete printed version of the agreement. When the agreement was discussed, they had voted against its provisions on pay and conditions, although they had respected the will of the majority. However, a shadow had been cast because those votes were taken when council members were not fully aware of all details. Furthermore, it was shameful that even when the agreement was presented to the union's delegates, six pages of the deal were missing. And the delegates were asked to keep proceedings secret. The three former council members said they had lost confidence in the leadership of the MUT and its structures. Earlier, Times of Malta reported that teachers feel “betrayed” by their own union after the publication of an agreement with the government revealed that they would not be getting the sort of pay raise they were promised.  The agreement was signed in December following the threat of a...