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New #ELT Worker 6 just out with @NotesFrom_Below - #TEFL teachers unite against exploitation during COVID notesfrombelow.org/article/elt-wo…

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If you want to make a bulletin in your workplace, take a listen to this podcast on the making of 'The University Worker' from a few years ago. notesfrombelow.org/article/univer… #tefl #elt #teachingenglish #esl

Great to see Scott Thornbury at the IH Eastern Spain protest in Barcelona today. @ihstaff @IHWorld @thornburyscott

Proud of yourselves International House? #abandonedbyih #elt @ihstaff @IHWorld @ELGazette @TeflUnion @ELTAdvocacy @taw_sig @theeltworker

Is this #ELT? "Many teachers are neither employed nor able to sign on the dole." notesfrombelow.org/article/elt-wo…

Is this #ELT? 'I used to be proud to work at IH Barcelona. To see it come to this is shocking. It was hard to see esteemed colleagues, some of whom are only a few years away from retirement, standing outside the school with placards.' notesfrombelow.org/article/elt-wo…

Is this #ELT? "We are currently still under contract but won't be paid. We are in legal limbo. Staff, some of whom have worked for the company for more than 30 years, are scared they won't receive their redundancy money. We feel abandoned." notesfrombelow.org/article/elt-wo…

#ELT worker 5 just out! “If it can happen to us, it can happen to you”: An interview with IH Eastern Spain teachers #tefl #efl #teachenglish @ihstaff notesfrombelow.org/article/elt-wo…

Ep 4 of The SLB Podcast, Precarity (Know the Ledge) is out! @neil_mcm, @josipa74, @lingwalingwa & @AliceCopello discuss #precarity in #ELT in Europe, IATEFL, @taw_sig, film, the SLB #Barcelona working conditions survey, and #unions for #teachers in #EFL slb.coop/the-slb-podcas…

A teacher left a dodgy school and was told they wouldn't be paid because they'd quit - an experience all-too-familiar in the industry. One letter from the union and the money was paid in full! Cowboy bosses of the TEFL world, we're coming after you! #TEFL #union #wagetheft

My key definition of Precarity for the ELTJ is just out. Please share, discuss, comment. #elt #tesol #iatefl #efl #tefl academic.oup.com/eltj/advance-a…

@ParisaMehran Sure, point taken. But what is sth universal?

@ParisaMehran This film was shot in the Italian town of Novara - which is the inspiration for the UK-based Novara Media (which I highly recommend). novaramedia.com

@ParisaMehran heey! Profile pic actually comes from a famous Italian film called The Working Class Goes to Heaven. And of course - you're more than welcome in the parody & adventure! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Worki…

@CambridgeEng If the #ELT industry supports teachers 'every step of the way' then why are so many of us poor?

We support teachers every step of the way, helping build the skills and confidence you need to teach effectively, and providing qualifications that prove what you can do. Our courses give you real teaching experience and help you to motivate your learners. #CELTA #DELTA #TKT

This is huge. Jacinda Ardern's New Zealand is about to become the first major country to abandon growth as political priority in favour of well-being. #postgrowth nytimes.com/2019/05/22/wor…

@CambridgeEng Absolute PR bollocks. How can you 'become the teacher you want to be' when you can't pay your bills, pay your rent, and when you have no future except one of precarious work reaching endlessly into the distance. This is an insult to anyone with any intelligence.

'[W]e hope to establish a TEFL Workers' Charter outlining the minimum requirements we demand from employers.'—#TEFL Workers' Union (London) notesfrombelow.org/article/elt-wo…

'At my school we earn just enough to get by and come back to work next month.' Is this your experience in the #TEFL / #ELT industry of 2019?