Nothing new from talks with ministry – striking teachers
Government accused of ‘tinkering round edges’ but failing on ‘essential’ Portugal’s defiant teachers’ unions emerged from the latest meeting with the government yesterday as focused on strike actions as ever.
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 reject minimum services decreed for schools from February 1
Strike actions to grind on If the government thought the Court of Arbitration’s decision on Friday to decree ‘minimum services’ at schools from February 1 would be some kind of
Algarve schools close as 1,500 protest in Faro
Around 1,500 teachers, parents and students demonstrated in Faro today as part of the ongoing teachers’ strike, which is now being held in a different district every day. Protestors gathered
Teaching syndicates received in presidential palace
FENPROF (the federation of teachers) and nine syndicates involved in the dispute that sees district strikes taking place in schools until February 8 were received today in Belém Palace by
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
Teachers union threatens to “give government a lesson”
After the appeal by S.T.O.P. (syndicate of all teachers) for President Marcelo to intervene, further protests and school closures are blighting the country today, with the message coming through that
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
S.T.O.P. calls fresh national protest for January 28
“We have to fill Lisbon again before February 1” – S.T.O.P. leader André Pestana S.T.O.P. (the syndicate of all Portuguese teachers) has announced plans today for a fresh demonstration in