Hungarian Left Politicizes Teachers’ Demonstration On October 23, the anniversary of the 1956 revolution, alongside commemorations, an opposition demonstration was held by the ADOM Student... 2022.10.24.
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.
Firefighters, Teachers Angered After Commerce Chamber President’s Controversial Statement Both firefighters and teachers' earn notoriously low salaries, and it is especially the latter group which has long been urging... 2022.05.30.
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.
Hungary Education Crisis: Growing Shortage of Specialized Teachers The number of teachers teaching subjects which they are not specifically qualified for in schools around Hungary has increased severely... 2022.05.13.
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.
Possible Teachers’ Strike in September over ‘Ridiculous Salaries’ Prime Minister Viktor Orbán spoke, among other things, about salary increases for teachers at his international press conference last Wednesday.... 2022.04.12.
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.
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.
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’ Indefinite Strike Begins An indefinite teachers' strike organized by several unions began in Hungary at 8 a.m. Wednesday morning. Teachers have been trying... 2022.03.16.
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.
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.
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.
HR Ministry Deems Monday’s Teachers’ Strike ‘Illegal’ The Ministry of Human Resources (Emmi) has told unions that a strike planned by teachers on Monday would be illegal... 2022.01.29.
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.
