Teacher Strike Successful, Says Union Chair
- 21 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
Piroska Galló, the head of teachers’ union PSZ, declared the nationwide day-long teacher strike a success. The latest reports from the union’s county offices indicate that 24,960 public school teachers and workers participated in the strike, Galló said early in the afternoon, adding that the number could grow still. She said a total of 1,185 schools took part in the protest, some of them with the entire faculty on strike.
The teachers’ strike, the largest in kind held in Hungary since 1995, was supported by four TU confederations, 26 unions and several civic organisations. Several partner organisations also staged solidarity actions.
She said it remains to be seen if the strike will be effective in pushing the government to meet teachers’ demands, noting that talks between the two sides will continue.
She said they would not accept the twiceoff bonuses of 35,000 forints each offered to non-teaching staff, insisting it should be at least 100,000 forints. The idea that only employees of state school manager Klik would get these payments is also unacceptable, Galló added.
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