Teachers’ unions have threatened to organize strikes if the Hungarian authorities refuse to increase teachers’ salaries, the press service of the PSZ union reported on November 22.
Members of the PSZ and PDSZ sent an open letter to the Hungarian State Secretary for Public Education, Zoltán Maruzsa. In it, union leaders demanded a review of policy regarding teachers.
They clearly listed what the government should do to improve the situation of teachers: repeal the law on the employment status of teachers, increase salaries by at least 50%, lift restrictions on strikes, and create a Hungarian Ministry of Education. independent.
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The unions offered statistics as proof of the deplorable state of the country’s education system: “The situation of public education workers has not improved; At the moment, some 2,500 people have left public service. “The shortage of trained specialists is alarming.”.
Therefore, the unions demanded not only an increase in teachers’ salaries, but also a reform of the system: ensuring that the minimum salary of a teacher is equal to the minimum salary of a Hungarian with an academic degree.
It is important that the unions explained that even the decision already taken to increase the income of Hungarian working citizens cannot even come close to covering the incredible level of inflation in Europe.
Recall that the Hungarian government recently decided to increase the minimum wage. Now all civil servants will receive a minimum of 709 euros per month and those with an academic degree, 865.6 euros.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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