Teachers reject minimum services decreed for schools
If the government thought the Court of Arbitration’s decision to decree ‘minimum services’ at schools from Wednesday, February 1 would be some kind of gamechanger, they were mistaken. Saturday saw
Teachers warned: Public support won’t last forever
“There is a moment when sympathy can turn against them” – president President Marcelo has said today what many people may already have been thinking: the level of ‘public support’
Teachers want to give government a lesson
Schools up and down country remain closed in “climate of tension” The stand-off between teachers and the ministry of education is set to remain, explained reports on Wednesday as many
Union wants President Marcelo to ‘pronounce on ongoing teachers’ strike’
Still hopes for mass turnout at next demo in Lisbon on Saturday With schools in Lisbon, Porto, Covilhã and other areas still closed today as teachers continue with their weeks
Government resumes talks with striking teachers
President intervenes: teachers’ demands are fair In another week of unutterable misery for working parents – as schools everywhere remained shut due to teachers’ strikes and industrial action – President
Thousands take part in teachers protest in Lisbon
PM vows to create ‘new model’ for profession so that teachers no longer go from school-to-school Thousands of teachers and non-teaching staff from across the country converged in Lisbon today
Teachers threaten “new forms of struggle” if government fails to act
… while parents everywhere run out of patience With schools up and down the country disrupted for yet another day in the stand off between the country’s teachers and a
Government asks for legal opinion on current teachers’ strike
Parents associations just say “negotiate now!” Portugal’s ministry of education “has revealed that it has asked the attorney general’s office (PGR) for a legal opinion on the legitimacy of the
Chaos in education: classes cancelled as teachers protest
Education minister travels to Angola as schools face meltdown Hundreds if not thousands of teachers, assistants – even pupils – have been gathering in front of schools across the country
Schools out: Hundreds of teachers, non-teaching staff on strike across country
Classes cancelled from “the Minho to the Algarve” Hundreds of teachers, assistants and even pupils have gathered in front of schools across the country as a threatened three-day ‘sit-in’ involving