Hundreds of teaching staff have started a protest before the Government House in Bucharest. They are brandishing placards reading "You have buried us in red tape," "We want 50-pct rise in pay to starting teachers," "Quality 10, pay 1," "Iohannis, your government only does us harm," "Before asking how much education costs, ask how much valuable it is."
The Free Trade Union Federation of Teachers (FSLI) has announced that 800 trade union members will be picketing, Monday and Tuesday, between 15:00hrs and 17:00hrs the Government House in Bucharest to express their dissatisfaction over the situation of the education system. The protesters are claiming that the Government has failed to pass a framework law for the public pay based on a memorandum approved by Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos on January 12, 2016. FSLI says the draft put forth by the Labour Ministry following talks between an inter-ministerial group and officials of public organisations was supposed to iron out pay inequities and imbalances in public pay.
FSLI represents the rights and interests of nearly 178,000 teaching staff, which is more than 60 percent of the total pre-university teaching staff.
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