Teachers demands are ‘fair’ – president
Marcelo intervenes in bid to avoid “prolonged strike period” Portugal’s president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has today waded into the ‘teachers strike’, considering they have several “understandable and fair” demands.
Teachers dance and sing at latest Portimão protest
Hundreds of teachers, school staff, students and supporters from all over the Algarve took part in a major protest outside Portimão Council this Tuesday morning (January 17), as part of
Teachers begin rolling strikes across 18 districts
A further teachers’ strike scheduled to last 18 days started today, and will affect different districts each day, starting in Lisbon, where yet another protest has been scheduled, in Rossio
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
Portimão schools remain closed as teachers take protest to the streets
Teachers marched down Portimão’s main avenue Dozens of teachers marched down Portimão’s main V6 avenue and gathered at a roundabout near the Teixeira Gomes secondary school this Friday morning (January
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
Flight crew union to consider TAP proposal ahead of planned strike
Week-long strike due to start on January 25 SNPVAC, Portugal’s national civil aviation flight staff union has called an emergency general meeting for next Thursday (January 19) to consider 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