education unionists

About 10,000 Romanian education system unionists are expected to participate in protests organized by the Federation of Free Unions in Education (FSLI) outside the Government’s headquarters Tuesday, on the World Teachers’ Day.

The Romanian National Education Federation (FEN) addressed an open letter to the country’s lawmakers, calling on them to vote against Government’s austerity measures that cut education sector employees’ salaries.

Romanian education unions met Wednesday to resume talks on the problems the education sector is currently facing, and decided to stage a one-day strike on April 22 over planned layoffs in the sector, cuts in staff spending and the draft education law.

Romanian education unionists are on a two-hour warning strike Monday, as a protest to the Government’s decision to delay the 50% wage hike until April 1, 2008.

Romania’s Federation of Education Unions “Spiru Haret” will sue economy and finance minister Varujan Vosganian and Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu over their statements on the Chamber of Deputy’s decision to hike teacher’s wages by 50%, the head of the federation, Gheorghe Isvoranu, said Saturday.