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The Bermuda Union of Teachers says teachers are facing burnout and students are being neglected

Public school teachers were to blame for not getting paid for September because they did not provide paperwork in time, Diallo Rabain, the education minister, told MPs yesterday. Mr Rabain said they would get their salaries at the end of this week, ...

The late Rosalind Robinson, a respected, retired school principal and the wife of the late Kenneth Robinson, PhD, likened the formation of the Bermuda Union of Teachers in February 1919 to “a phoenix rising from the ashes”. The late Adele Tucker, one...

Proper job descriptions for teaching assistants have been signed off by the Department of Education. The Bermuda Union of Teachers said it hoped the move would lead to salary increases for classroom assistants and educational therapy assistants. A un...

Members of the island’s teachers union have breached their collective bargaining agreement five times this school year, the education commissioner claimed today. Kalmar Richards said the Bermuda Union of Teachers “must place children first when takin...

Bermuda’s teaching union has slammed the Department of Education for its handling of the concerns of its members. The Bermuda Union of Teachers said that two meetings set to take place yesterday were postponed at the last minute. It added in a stat...

Teaching assistants could be in line for a pay rise in the next Budget in the wake of proper job descriptions being finalised after more than 20 years. The Bermuda Union of Teachers said it was “reasonably optimistic” that a wage increase for classro...

The Bermuda Union of Teachers announced its new executive team tonight to be led by recently elected president Nishanti Bailey. Ms Bailey will be joined by Anthony Wolffe, who returns as vice-president, while Craig Crinchlow will take over treasurer ...

Pupils and their teachers staged a protest yesterday against planned class mergers at their school and fears that staff might be made redundant. Dozens of children and staff from Paget Primary School congregated outside the Anglican Cathedral on Chur...

Teachers have backed a vote of no confidence in the Commissioner of Education and the Ministry of Education’s top civil servant. A spokesman for the Bermuda Union of Teachers said that members had “overwhelmingly” agreed on the action against Kalma...

The head of the island’s first trade union yesterday called on teachers to keep the flame lit by its founders alive as the organisation marked its 100th anniversary. Shannon James, the president of the Bermuda Union of Teachers, said: “Today is a da...