UTU Belfast Branch & Area Association

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🎄 CHRISTMAS CLOSURE NOTICE 🎄 Please note that UTU Headquarters will close at 12 noon on Tue 23 Dec 2025 🕛 🗓️We will reopen at 9:00am on Mon 5 Jan 2026. 🎅🏻✨ Wishing all our members and trusted partners a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year ❤️📚🎄

📣 The Winter Edition of SHOUT UNION is here! ❄️📘 We’re delighted to share the latest issue, packed with inspiring stories, member voices, school features, and updates shaping education across NI. 👩‍🏫✨ 🔗read by clicking the link ➡️linktr.ee/UlsterTeachers…

The 13th Annual NERI Dónal Nevin Lecture will take place in Queen's Business School on 22 January 2026. Sarah O'Connor, Financial Times will present on 'Good jobs in a changing world' Details & registration - nerinstitute.net/events/2026/13… @sarahoconnor_ #Jobs

We’re excited to bring you the very first edition of our brand-new digital publication– SHOUT UNION. This is more than just a newsletter: it’s a space for sharing voices, ideas, and stories from across our union and school community. 👉 Read by clicking link in bio.

📢 Teachers – Have Your Say! Sorcha Eastwood MP is running an online survey “Help shape how we protect children online” Your voice matters– make sure the views of educators are heard when it comes to keeping children safe in the digital world. 🌐✍️ - 🔗docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Delicious food made by hands from many countries and cultures Great to support ⁦@BelfastCofSanct⁩ Great Refugee Picnic with some funding from unions ⁦@nipsa⁩ ⁦@FBUNIreland⁩ ⁦@UTU_edu⁩ ⁦@UniteunionNI⁩ ⁦@UnisonRvh⁩ & others

Interested in giving your year 4 and 5 pupils the opportunity to take part in an exciting and engaging National Challenge? Check out @Mathematical_A First Mathematics Challenge, starting on Monday 16 June: m-a.org.uk/First-Maths-Ch… 👀➕➖➗👇

NIC ICTU Chair @UTU_edu Jacquie White & @irishcongress President Justin McCamphill joined by @Economy_NI Minister @CArchibald_SF to lay a wreath at the Workers memorial Day tree ictuni.org/news/workers-m…

We commit ourselves to looking to the future to work together with employers, government &enforcement agencies to make deaths at work a thing of the past Zero deaths at work is the only acceptable statistic.  @Economy_NI @CArchibald_SF @irishcongress ictuni.org/news/workers-m…

Unions welcome progress towards a Good Jobs bill which helps workers and employers ictuni.org/news/unions-we…

May Day Festival March and Rally Saturday 3rd May #Belfast Live music, family friendly activities, market stalls, food trucks and craft beer from 11:30am - 5.30pm Writers Sq & Larkin’s Sq (behind John Hewitt)! Full two week programme pinned to profile.

📢📢 OUT NOW‼️May Day Festival #Belfast Programme‼️ 2 wks of events, talks & exhibitions! TU Annual March & Rally Sat 3rd May. Live Music ✅ Family Friendly ✅ Community / Craft Market ✅ Food ✅ Craft Beer ✅ Face Painting ✅ Carnival Crafts… tinyurl.com/MAYDAY-BELF2025

Limavady teacher ‘honoured’ to head up only Northern Ireland-based teaching union newsletter.co.uk/news/national/…

Newsletter: Limavady teacher ‘honoured’ to head up only Northern Ireland-based teaching union @UTU_edu @NIC_ICTU @BDTUC @CraigavonTC @The_TUC newsletter.co.uk/news/national/…

We are grateful to @NIACfEd & @NickDMathison for hosting @nic_ictu Ed Unions & @BelfastCofSanct We discussed our ongoing work with @Ed_Authority & others to make schools safe sanctuaries from racism& we'll report later this spring Jacquie, Kevin/Israel/Helena/Maxine all spoke

Link to register in bio.

📢The @NIC_ICTU Union Learning Conference, 27th March, The Mac, Belfast . This year the conference will look at Neurodiversity in the Workplace. For further information and registration 👉 tinyurl.com/yc5fjadj

24 January is International Day of Education! 📚 Without inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong opportunities for all. This years theme is "learning for lasting peace" 🕊️💚 #EducationForAll #InternationalDayofEducation

🔴Industrial Ballot Result🔴 🗳️The result of our industrial ballot has been announced, and members have been sent an email with the details. 📧Please check your inbox for this important update. 🤝Thank you for your participation and support. ❤️Together, we stand stronger.