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Dozens Of Romanian Teachers Protest Over Decision To Keep Wages Frozen In 2012

13:01, 09 Nov. 2011
Dozens of Romanian teachers on Wednesday staged a spontaneous protest at the headquarters of the Education Ministry over authorities’ decision to keep wages frozen in 2012.

Romanian Teachers To Receive Unpaid Wage Rights Starting 2012 – Education Min

13:58, 08 Apr. 2011
Romanian Education Minister Daniel Funeriu said Friday court rulings granting unpaid salary rights to teachers will be applied staring 2012 and the money will be paid in tranches.

Romanian Govt To Seek Confidence Vote For Teacher Wage Cap Act, Social Code

19:24, 07 Apr. 2011
Romania's Government on Thursday decided to begin the steps towards seeking a vote of confidence in Parliament for the bill capping wage raises for teachers who won salary rights in court, and for the Social Dialog Code, people close to the matter told MEDIAFAX.

Romanian Ruling Coalition Allows Govt To Seek Conf Vote On Teachers’ Wages Law

12:40, 04 Apr. 2011
Romania’s ruling coalition decided Monday to allow the Government to seek a confidence vote in Parliament to pass a law capping teachers’ wages, people close to the matter told MEDIAFAX.

EXCLUSIVE: Romanian Govt Bans Wage Hikes For Teachers In 2011

14:59, 01 Apr. 2011
The Romanian Government will freeze this year the salaries of teachers who won wage increases in court, capping them at the level in January, according to a draft act drawn up by the Government and obtained by MEDIAFAX.

Romanian Govt To Cap Education Sector Wage Hikes

20:40, 31 Mart. 2011
Romania's Government will sponsor a bill, possibly by seeking a confidence vote in Parliament, capping salary increases for teachers, as the economy cannot cope with a 50% wage hike, said Prime Minister Emil Boc.

About 150 Romanian Teachers Picket Education Ministry HQ

11:03, 28 Mart. 2011
About 150 teachers from schools in the northeastern Romanian counties of Botosani and Suceava are picketing the Education ministry in Bucharest Monday, in protest to not having received their salaries for February.

Romanian Teachers Resume Protests Outside Education Ministry

10:49, 18 Oct. 2010
Romanian teachers resumed protests Monday outside the headquarters of the Education Ministry in capital Bucharest and Liviu Pop, a union leader, said their protests have been authorized until Wednesday.

Tens Of Romanian Teachers Picket Education Ministry HQ

12:25, 15 Oct. 2010
About 60 Romanian teachers on Friday picket the headquarters of the Education Ministry in protest over Education Minister Daniel Funeriu’s refusal to talk with their representatives.

Teachers In Capital Bucharest Start Spontaneous Protest, Call On Education Min To Resign

21:03, 14 Oct. 2010
Tens of teachers in capital Bucharest staged a spontaneous protest Thursday evening and decided to head for the headquarters of the Education Ministry where they will stay until Education Minister Daniel Funeriu resigns.

Romanian Teachers Might Face Disciplinary Action For Tutoring Own Students For Money

14:31, 07 Oct. 2010
The Romanian Senate’s education committee Thursday adopted an amendment to the country’s education bill whereby teachers charging money for private tutorials offered to their own students commit a disciplinary offence.

Romanian Education Unionists Protest Ouside Presidential Palace On World Teachers’ Day

15:44, 04 Oct. 2010
Romanian unionists affiliated with education union federations FEN and ‘Spiru Haret’ will stage protests outside the Presidential Palace on October 5, the World Teachers’ Day.

Romanian State Employees’ Income To Decrease By 32% Starting June 1 – Union Leader

18:39, 30 Iun. 2010
Romanian state employees will see their income reduced by about 32% starting July 1, after the 25% salary cut and the 5% VAT hike are applied, Cartel Alfa union leader Bogdan Hossu said Wednesday.

Romanian Teachers To Continue Protests

21:22, 02 Iun. 2010
Romania’s four education union federations said Wednesday that unionists will not quit the strike, adding that, starting Monday, teachers will not register marks, calculate school year averages and participate in national exams.

Romanian Education Unionists To File Criminal Complaint Against Education Min

11:27, 01 Iun. 2010
Romanian education union federation FSLI will file a criminal petition against Education Minister Daniel Funeriu Tuesday, claiming that he illegally replaced certain high-school graduation exam assessors, federation secretary general Liviu Pop told MEDIAFAX Tuesday.

Romanian PM Urges Teachers To Give Up Strike

20:18, 30 Mai 2010
Romanian teachers should not go on strike Monday, as they will not receive their wages for the duration of the strike, Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Sunday.

Romanian Teachers’ Strike Won’t Affect High-School Graduation Exam – Education Min

16:11, 30 Mai 2010
Romania’s Education Minister Daniel Funeriu said Sunday that the written foreign language examination for high-school graduates, scheduled for the May 31-June 4 interval, will take place according to plan in all the 1,419 exam centers across the country.

Romanian Education Unionists Call On Teachers, Students To Support May 31 Strike

14:48, 29 Mai 2010
Romania’s "Spiru Haret" education union federation calls on teachers to protest against the intolerable state of the education system, and asks students to recognize the “legitimate” nature of the protest, says a press release issued by the federation Saturday.

Romanian Education Minister Invites Unions To Talks, Urges Teachers Not To Freeze School Year

16:39, 12 Mai 2010
Romanian education Minister Daniel Funeriu said Wednesday he is inviting unions in the education system to talks as of Thursday and called on teachers not to go on full-blown strike and freeze the school year, as they have planned.

Romanian Teachers Go On Full-Blown Strike As Of May 31

13:22, 12 Mai 2010
Romanian teachers will go on full-blown strike indefinitely as of May 31, will not take part in national tests and will attend a rally of public sector workers on May 19, union leader Aurel Cornea said Wednesday.

Romanian Parliament HQ Picketed By 100 Education Unionists

14:17, 11 Mai 2010
One hundred members of two Romanian education unions picketed Parliament headquarters Tuesday to express dissatisfaction with the salary cuts announced after IMF negotiations and with the draft education law.

Romanian Public Sector Workers Can’t Strike Their Way Into Wage Raises – PM

12:40, 22 Apr. 2010
Romania’s public sector workers who believe staging strikes will get them wage raises and bonuses are wrong, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Thursday, adding raises may only be granted for efficiency and productivity and only when the economy is healthy.

Most Romanian Teachers On Full-Blown Strike Across The Country Thursday

10:12, 22 Apr. 2010
Most teachers in Romania are on a one-day full-blown strike Thursday over reduced pay and planned layoffs in the education sector.

Romanian PM Says Teachers To Get Raises Of Just 17%

15:27, 27 Mart. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said the Government maintains its decision to only raise teachers’ wages by 17% this year, under current legislation, because the country cannot afford to sacrifice its economic stability.

Romanian Education Unionists Picket Govt HQ, Union Leaders Summoned For Talks

12:27, 25 Mart. 2010
Over 1,500 Romanian education unionists are picketing the headquarters of the Government where they brought a mascot picturing Education Minister Daniel Funeriu dressed as a samurai, while union leaders were invited at the Government for talks.

Romania Govt Hikes Education Staff Wages With Funds From Budget For Q2, Q3, Q4

20:18, 22 Mart. 2010
Romania’s government will transfer funds from the budget initially earmarked for the second, third and fourth quarters in order to hike the salary fund for the first quarter for teachers who haven’t received 17% higher wages so far, Finance Ministry state secretary Gheorghe Gherghina said Monday.

Romanian Teachers To Stage One-Day Full-Blown Strike Over New Education Law April 22

18:01, 18 Mart. 2010
Romanian teachers will stage a one-day full-blown strike on April 22 and will not register students’ grades starting Monday, March 22, as they are displeased with the measures included in the draft education law, union leader Marius Nistor said Thursday.

Romanian Teachers Threaten To Freeze School Year Over Wages, Job Cuts

16:01, 10 Mart. 2010
Unions in Romania’s education system are determined to carry on with protests and could even freeze the school year and boycott national exams unless the Government finds ways to hike their wages and pay severance to staff that will be laid off later this year.

About 100 Teachers Picket Romanian Education Ministry Over Layoff Plans

12:59, 03 Feb. 2010
About one hundred teachers affiliated to the Spiru Haret education union picketed the Education Ministry’s headquarters in Bucharest disgruntled with the government’s plan to jettison 15,000 jobs in the sector.

Romanian President Says Job Cuts In Education Target Substitutes, Pensioners

09:46, 30 Dec. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu said late Tuesday on OTV the government’s decision to scrap 15,000 jobs in the education system next year targets substitute teachers and retired teacher who continue to work.

Romania’s President Regrets Having Promulgated Law On 50% Wage Increase For Teachers

23:22, 14 Nov. 2009
Romania's President Traian Basescu said Saturday during a debate held in Cluj-Napoca, northwestern Romania, he regrets having upheld the law on a 50% wage increase for teachers, adding he promulgated the law without having knowledge of the real state of the budget.

Schools In Romania To Be Run By Parents, Teachers, Local Authorities – Official

17:04, 13 Sept. 2009
Romanian democrat liberal lawmaker, Mircea Toader, on Sunday said the country’s ruling coalition decided, it its meeting on Saturday evening, that schools will be run by a managing board, which will equally include parents, teachers and representatives of the local administration.

Romanian Govt Decides On Ten-Yr Compulsory Educ, Sets Professors’ Retirement Age At 65

10:46, 03 Sept. 2009
Romania's Government decided education will be compulsory for ten years and one year of pre-school, discarding the plan for a 12-year compulsory education plus a pre-school year, initially proposed by education minister Ecaterina Andronescu, official sources told MEDIAFAX.

Romanian Education Min Reassures Tenured Teachers Won’t Be Laid Off

14:09, 28 Iul. 2009
Romania’s education minister Ecaterina Andronescu on Tuesday said tenured teachers are not all targeted by future layoffs in the education sector, adding only unskilled staff in the sector, whose number amounts to 12,000, will be sacked.

Romanian Teachers To Be Evaluated In Two Stages At The End Of School Year – Draft

14:04, 04 Iul. 2009
Romania’s Ministry of Education, Research and Innovation proposed new performance criteria for teachers in the pre-university education system, who would be evaluated at the end of each school year, in two stages.

Romanian Education Unions Call For Pay Raise Law To Be Applied

16:42, 02 Iun. 2009
Romanian education unions threaten to call on the International Labor Organization and European Court of Human Rights if Law 221/2008, increasing their income by 50%, is not applied.

Romanian Decree Blocking Teachers’ 50% Pay Raise Deemed Unconstitutional – Court

16:20, 02 Iun. 2009
Romania’s Constitutional Court decided Tuesday that the provisions of Government Emergency Ordinance 151/2008 regarding wage hikes for teachers, which blocked the 50% pay raise for teachers, are unconstitutional.

Romanian Beginner Teachers Could Received Triple Pay Under New Wage Grid

19:47, 01 Iun. 2009
The salary of beginner teachers could grow three times, according to the proposed salary grid in education, to over 3,000 lei (EUR1 = RON4.1817), while the pay of experienced teachers could grow by some 80%, said the vice president of the Romanian Federation of Free Unions in Education, Simion Hance.

Reform Is Needed In High School Curricula – Romanian Pres

19:49, 06 Mai 2009
Romanian president Traian Basescu said Wednesday on national radio station RRA, that the number of classes in high schools needs to be decreased, and this means many teachers will lose their jobs, "because a large percentage of teachers are of poor quality."

Romanian Govt Will Solve Teachers’ Financial Problems Eventually – PM

12:48, 06 Mai 2009
The Romanian Government will solve all of the teachers’ financial problems, cited in their negotiations with the Education Ministry, Prime Minister Emil Boc told MEDIAFAX on Wednesday.