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Language school workers call on colleagues to unite and bargain collectively in redundancy talks
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A NEW support group for workers facing potential redundancy at an international language school is calling on the firm’s staff to bargain collectively worldwide.

Swedish company Education First (EF) has furloughed the majority of its staff in Britain and Ireland.

However, multiple sources have told the Star that admin staff and zero-hours teachers are no longer working at all, leaving only core contract teachers still teaching online.

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