Set the scene.
A 1919 commission recommended pay increases for government employees but excluded teachers. Antonio Galea called colleagues to unite.
Here’s the twist.
More than 500 teachers attended the foundation meeting at Floriana Primary School on 22 November 1919. Joseph Giordano became president.
Why it still matters.
The Malta Union of Teachers became the country’s first registered trade union. A classroom building became a meeting place for changing working conditions.
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