Leigh McKay

Mum to 2 fab girls | Media Studies Subject Leader, HoY, School Information Officer | CEC @utu_edu | views my own.

[Ulster Teachers’ Union @UTU_edu]

The Ulster Teachers' Union delegation attending the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) Biennial Delegate Conference (BDC).

Motion 2 was the UTU motion on Education Funding in NI.

#BDC23

[Leigh McKay @leighkellymckay]

I've signed @TargetOvarian's open letter to UK governments calling on them to take action on #OvarianCancer. Will you join me? https://t.co/ZmHJs1OiU6

[Ulster Teachers’ Union @UTU_edu]

📢 Teachers' Pay Campaign - Public Meeting

📍 Tullyglass Hotel, Ballymena
📅 Mon 4 April
🕖 7pm
👉 Register here: https://t.co/y83wfmLuLe

#SupportFairPayInEducation

[INTO-NI @INTO_NI]

Support @INTO_NI @NAHTNInews @NEU_NIreland and @UTU_edu Teachers' Pay Campaign by signing the petition:
👉 https://t.co/BmwAjgkqxN

#SupportFairPayInEducation

[Ulster Teachers’ Union @UTU_edu]

There will be a number of public meetings across Northern Ireland.
• 4 April Newry (Canal Court)
• 4 April Ballymena (Tullyglass Hotel)
• 7 April Northwest / Londonderry (City Hotel)
• 12 April Belfast (Stormont Hotel)
• 13 April Omagh (Strule Arts)
All start at 7:00pm.

[Ulster Teachers’ Union @UTU_edu]

Unions unite in battle for fair teacher pay

#SupportFairPayInEducation

https://t.co/nNsm8AoMJ9

[Ulster Teachers’ Union @UTU_edu]

The 103rd Annual Conference of the Ulster Teachers' Union will begin at 5pm this afternoon.

We welcome our delegates and guests to Newcastle, Co. Down.

Follow the conference on social media with the hashtag #UTU2022

[Ulster Teachers’ Union @UTU_edu]

It’s only a week to the 103rd Ulster Teachers’ Union Annual Conference.

We look forward to meeting our delegates and guests in Newcastle, Co. Down next week. #UTU2022 #BrighterDaysAhead

[Leigh McKay @leighkellymckay]

#internationalwomensday 💛 https://t.co/AQQN8P3ez3

[Stephen McCord (Threads / Bluesky @stephenmccord ) @mcc_ss]

Join a union.

#union #UnionStrong #UnionStrong💪 #teachers #education #ulsterteachersunion

[NASUWT N. Ireland @NASUWT_NI]

@nichildcom @Education_NI @Ed_Authority @NEU_NIreland @UTU_edu @INTO_NI @NAHTNInews @GTCNI @robbeorn @jmarkb1971 This means stopping all mass gatherings in schools now. Why are some schools still holding open days and parents evenings? Why are teachers kept on site after children have gone home for meetings?

[NIC ICTU @NIC_ICTU]

The Education Trade Union Group (ETUG) of @NIC_ICTU representing Teaching and Non-Teaching Unions have written to @Education_NI Minister today. Action needed now to respond to 🔼 levels of #Covid19
@NASUWT_NI @nipsa @INTO_NI @UNISONNI @UTU_edu @GMBNI @NAHTNInews @UniteunionNI

[Stephen McCord (Threads / Bluesky @stephenmccord ) @mcc_ss]

At least the rich can buy more #champagne🍾 to celebrate ….. banks taxed less, tax to internal flights cut just before you host #COP26 when you should be encouraging #GreenEnergy

[Lisa Connell @LisaConnell15]

One of the stand out discussions for me at #BDC21 is the very important focus that @irishcongress have put on the need to look at how wealth exists & the fundamental need for wealth taxes. We need to look at a complete redistribution of wealth & investment in our public services

[Alliance Party @allianceparty]

"Almost all professions are included in protection from discrimination on the grounds of religious belief... that should apply to teachers," says @Chris_Lyttle, discussing his bill to remove discrimination in teaching appointments, which is currently passing through the Assembly.

[Baroness Mary Bousted @MaryWBousted]

The govt. is, apparently, going to focus on getting ‘better’ teachers. Here’s the thing - they have the best teachers ever at the moment. The problem is that far too many leave because the same govt. has made teaching an almost impossible job.

[Adam Bienkov @AdamBienkov]

Amazing that Talk Radio:

1) Voluntarily chose to put this out.
2) Apparently believed this made the guest, rather than the host, look bad.

[Ulster Teachers’ Union @UTU_edu]

NI #education: The exemption of teachers in Northern Ireland from fair employment legislation "is outdated and needs to be removed", according to a @NASUWT_NI

https://t.co/2ksO04WIiq

[Ulster Teachers’ Union @UTU_edu]

Speaking in Support of Motion 1 - UTU General Secretary Jacquie White - @NASUWT_NI Article 71 FETO 1998 should be removed - #BDC21 #BDC2021 @NIC_ICTU @irishcongress We must ensure that removing this exception must not leave teachers open to further inequality -