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
Teachers syndicates mount protest camp outside education ministry in Lisbon
Teaching union FENPROF and seven other syndicates will be staging a ‘camping protest’ outside the Lisbon headquarters of the education minister from tomorrow until Friday. The objective of the three-day
Hundreds gather outside closed Portimão school as teacher strike continues
Around 200 people – including teachers, school staff and students – gathered this Friday morning outside Portimão’s Teixeira Gomes secondary school as part of the ongoing teachers strike which has
Hundreds of teachers protest outside Ministry of Education
Hundreds of teachers are protesting today outside the Ministry of Education in Lisbon, as schools reconvene for the Spring term (2º periodo). This particular protest is against government proposals to
Teachers strike continues for “indefinite” period
Schools all over Portugal are being affected by a teacher strike which was called last Friday for an “indefinite amount of time”. The strike, which was called by teachers’ union
Teachers on strike ahead of December 17 protest
Teachers are carrying out a second day of strikes and several protests today across Portugal ahead of what is expected to be a larger demonstration at Lisbon’s Marquês do Pombal
Syndicate of All Teachers calls open-ended strike from December 9
STOP, the acronym for the Syndicate of All Teachers, has called a strike from December 9 in protest to the government’s proposals to alter recruitment and other practices. According to
Schools out tomorrow: teachers hold new strike
Schools up and down the country will be closed again tomorrow (today they were closed for the All Saints Day Bank Holiday) as teachers and educators hold a national strike,
Teachers unions announce national strike for November 2
Strike to coincide with speech in parliament of education minister Portugal’s teachers’ unions have announced a national strike for 2 November, in protest to the government’s perceived lack of investment
More than 80% of ‘missing teachers’ placed “without specific qualifications for subject”
The ‘normality and tranquility’ sketched by education minister João Costa for the start of the school year is coming ever more into perspective. In the almost 3,000 hours that are