Tag: Hungary
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Hungary: Students Join Teachers In Protest Over Low Pay
The students were showing their support for the teachers, who had been fired for revolting over their poor salary and years of neglect by the government. Teachers in Hungary are paid the least in the European Union, with even cashiers earning more.
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Hungary: Educators Have Submitted A Petition Calling For Immediate Reforms
The Hungarian teachers’ unions have sent a petition to the Ministry of Interior Affairs in Budapest, requesting that the Hungarian government immediately make necessary changes to the school system and increase the pay of teachers.
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Hungary: Teachers Go On Strike Again, Low Salary And Inflation Continues
On Friday, Hungarian teachers, students, and parents intensified their demonstration, demanding greater pay and education reforms, by building a human chain that was 10 kilometers (six miles) long in the center of Budapest. Additionally, smaller protests were conducted around the nation.
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Thousands Of People Demonstrate In Front Of Hungary’s Parliament As The Crisis Affecting Teachers Continues
At least 35,000 Hungarian students, teachers, and parents filled the main plaza in front of parliament in support of teachers who are fighting for greater salaries and teachers who were fired for protesting. The demonstration began on a bridge in Budapest and proceeded to the square.
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Hungary: Thousands Of People Protest In Support Of Teachers’ Demands For Increased Pay
In support of Hungary’s educators, who are struggling with low pay and bad working conditions, around 8,000 people demonstrated their solidarity with them in Budapest.
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Poland And Hungary Both Are Facing Severe Teacher Shortages
Polish and Hungarian public schools are struggling to fill teaching positions as they welcome large numbers of Ukrainian refugee children.
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Hungary: Teachers To Strike If Salaries Aren’t Increased
At the international press conference on Wednesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán discussed teacher pay rises among other topics. Orbán promised that the government will fulfill its pledge to boost wages by 10% this year and the next two years. H e admitted that teachers are correct to complain that this is not enough, he also said that subsequent raises will be contingent on how well the country’s economy does. There is a demand for a one-time 45 percent pay increase from teachers’ unions, which term this offer “ridiculously low.” These organizations contend that only a considerable boost in wages together with a decrease in workload can stop the downward spiral of public education. A new strike might begin in September if no deal is reached this summer.
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Hungarian Teachers Protest Over Low Wages
The demonstrators were holding signs such as “We continue to teach, despite meager salaries,” “There is no future without teachers,” and “Who is going to teach tomorrow?”