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.
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.
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.
Teachers Demonstrate in Budapest for Striking Rights Cut by Gov’t Some 200 teachers from six highly-rated grammar schools demonstrated in Budapest against the government's new mandate that, they believe, has... 2022.02.23.
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 Practice ”Civil Disobedience” in Several High Schools After their latest strike did not make a difference, and after the government made striking more and more difficult for... 2022.02.18.
New Gov’t Decree Makes Teachers’ Strike Almost Impossible and Pointless On Friday, the government issued a decree in their official gazette, Magyar Közlöny, about how childcare has to be organized... 2022.02.14.
Budapest Court Changes Initial Decision, Declares Teacher’s Strike Illegal While in a first instance ruling the teachers' warning strike was ruled lawful, the Municipal Appeals Court of Budapest now... 2022.02.11.
Hungary’s Teachers’ Unions Prepare for Full-Day Strike Hungary’s two largest teachers' unions, announced an indefinite teachers' strike beginning from 16 March, RTL reports. The Democratic Trade Union... 2022.02.10.
Press Roundup: Teachers Launch Warning-Strike A left-wing commentator accuses the government of ignoring the legitimate demands of teachers and trying to limit their right to... 2022.02.01.
Teachers’ Warning Strike Concludes in Hungary with More Than 20,000 Taking Part Hungary’s two largest teachers' unions, the Democratic Trade Union of Teachers (PDSZ) and the Teachers' Union (PSZ), held a two-hour... 2022.01.31.
Teaching in Hundreds of Schools May Be Halted on Monday Due to Strike Two lessons will be dropped from schoolchildren's timetables on Monday, as the two biggest teacher's unions are organizing a nationwide... 2022.01.28.
