Updated 2.25pm with statement by the MUT - The teachers’ union has lost another council member, the fourth since educators claimed they had been fooled over the new sectoral agreement.

Educators felt they had been misled into believing that the salary increases they were promised were higher.

Graham Sansone tendered his resignation from both the council and the union on Monday morning, announcing his decision in a post on Facebook.

His resignation comes hot on the heels of another three resignations earlier this month at a time when the union was being criticised by its members who realised that they will not be seeing the 28 per cent increase they were promised.

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Mr Sansone, an LSA by profession, said he felt the union leadership was not worthy of the union. He said that bad decisions had been taken over the course of the campaign related to the sectoral agreement, which had resulted in misinformation.

He added that rather than assuming responsibility, the union leadership led by president Mario Bonnici opted to blame member for misunderstanding the number the union had explained. He said this was “unthinkable”.

“It is also rather shameful that MUT leadership over and over again in the media said that they had orders from the government not to discuss or publish the financials of the agreement to the detriment of its members. This mistrust in the leadership was also evident in the social media whereby the oldest union in the country was discredited over and over again,” he said in his post.

Mr Sansone will be joining a new teachers’ union being set up under the wings of the Union Ħaddiema Magħqudin.

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In a statement, the MUT regretted the resignation.

"The union regrets that Mr Sansone chose to resign despite the fact that he was in favour of the sectoral agreement and reiterated several times his support to the leadership of the MUT, verbally and also in writing. In fact he had also stated that he received many positive comments from members regarding the agreement and its better conditions," the MUT said.

Regarding the consultation process, the MUT said it never blamed its members but stated that it had to use percentages because of insistence from the government side, as is usual practice, not to make public the actual figures.

"The union understands that this is done because of any repercussions this might have on other negotiations that the government has with different sectors. The MUT therefore explained to both its members and the media the reasons behind the information issued as part of the consultation process and assures that everything was done in the best interest of educators and to get the best agreement possible," the unions said.