New Decisions on Teachers’ Career Path The new law on teachers' careers, adopted by Parliament on Tuesday, provides for a pay rise, ten weeks' holiday and... 2023.07.05.
Organizer of Teacher Protests Brags about Having an Underage Lover A shocking story has emerged about a teaching assistant, allegedly one of the organizers of the teachers' strikes in Hungary.... 2023.02.14.
Issue of Teachers’ Wages Becoming Increasingly Political Teachers' unions are preparing for strikes and civil disobedience. The Secretary of State for Public Education says that the European... 2022.08.31.
Government Concludes First Meeting with Teachers’ Strike Committee The first meeting between the Hungarian government and teachers’ unions since the pause of the nationwide strike for higher pay... 2022.06.09.
Unions Slam President for Signing Law ‘Seriously Curbing’ Teachers’ Strike Rights Teacher trade unions PSZ and PDSZ on Tuesday slammed President Katalin Novák for "giving the green light to legislation that... 2022.05.31.
Teachers’ Union to Take All Legal Steps to Defend Right to Strike The Democratic Trade Union of Teachers (PDSZ) is prepared to take every possible step to enforce the right to strike;... 2022.05.29.
Teachers’ Unions Call on President Not to Sign Law Curbing Strike Rights Teachers' trade unions PSZ and PDSZ on Wednesday called on President Katalin Novák not to sign a recent legislation seen... 2022.05.26.
High Shortage and Workload with Low Salaries in Hungarian Public Education, EC Country Report Finds The teacher shortage is an escalating problem in Hungary, as the number of teaching hours for Hungarian teachers is very... 2022.05.24.
Unions against Restricting Teachers’ Strike Rights Five Hungarian trade union federations have protested against a bill seen as seeking to curb the rights of teachers to... 2022.05.24.
Education to Be Placed under Interior Ministry, Teachers’ Union Finds Decision Incomprehensible Last week, the names of the ministers of the fifth Orbán government were announced, and from this, it emerged that... 2022.05.17.
Teachers’ Union’s Open Letter to PM Orbán: “We need an independent Education Ministry” The Democratic Trade Union of Teachers (PDSZ) has written an open letter to "Hungary's next Prime Minister," Viktor Orbán, in... 2022.04.26.
Teachers Announce Photo Montage Campaign to Draw Attention to Lack of Young Colleagues More and more people are retiring from teaching, far outnumbering those entering the profession. Teachers’ Union PDSZ and the website... 2022.04.22.
Union Calls on Orbán to Stop Speaking Out against Teachers in Connection with “Gender Insanity” in Schools Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Wednesday called on everyone to stop the "gender insanity" at Sunday's referendum and criticized teachers,... 2022.04.01.
Teachers’ Unions Call on Govt to Meet Demands Before Election The strike committees of teacher trade unions PSZ and PDSZ have called on the government, in an open letter, to... 2022.03.30.
Gov’t Not Planning to Negotiate with Teachers’ Unions Until after Elections The government does not want to negotiate with teachers' unions until after the elections. However, the unions will continue to... 2022.03.22.
Teachers Hold Demonstration in Budapest Speakers at a teachers' "checkered shirt" demonstration in front of the parliament building on Saturday stressed that the right to... 2022.03.20.
Students Demonstrate in Support of Striking Teachers After a two-hour warning strike on January 31, teachers across the country went on indefinite strike on March 16. Many... 2022.03.17.
Teachers Union Calls on Gov’t to Negotiate Demands Concerning Wages and Workload The PDSZ teacher union, which has formed a strike committee, on Wednesday called on the government to negotiate its demands... 2022.03.10.
Teachers Call for Nationwide Protest if Gov’t Refuses to Revoke Ban on Strikes As the Hungarian government has revoked virtually all coronavirus-related restrictions and obligations, a teachers' trade union is demanding that the... 2022.03.08.
Teacher Unions Turn to Top Court over Strike Restrictions Teacher unions PSZ and PDSZ have turned to the Constitutional Court over restrictions on strikes. In their appeal, the unions... 2022.02.23.
Teachers’ Civil Disobedience Continues, More and More Join Across Country On Tuesday, more schools than ever before joined teachers in their 'civil disobedience,' now in its second week, over a... 2022.02.22.