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Fesinap anticipates a significant turnout for Monday's 24-hour public sector strike, with healthcare, education, and social security services expected to face the most disruption due to grievances over performance evaluations and staffing levels.
Fenprof has announced a national teachers' protest for May 16 and warned of potential strikes throughout the third term if the government fails to negotiate the revision of the Teaching Career Statute.
Fesinap anticipates a significant turnout for Monday's public sector strike, with health and education services expected to face the most disruption due to ongoing grievances over performance evaluations and career progression.
Schools, hospitals, and health centres were the sectors most affected by this Monday's strike.
The Fesinap secretary-general anticipated a “strong” turnout for the strike, especially in the health and education sectors.
The Fesinap secretary-general anticipated a “strong” turnout for the strike, especially in the health and education sectors.
Public sector workers are observing a 24-hour strike this Monday, with health and education expected to be the most affected sectors, according to the secretary-general of Fesinap. The strike, called by the National Federation of Independent Unions of Public Administration and Public Purpose Entities (Fesinap), began at midnight and will continue...
Public sector workers are observing a 24-hour strike this Monday, with health and education expected to be the most affected sectors.
Public sector workers are holding a 24-hour strike this Monday. Health and education are expected to be the most affected sectors.
The protest began at midnight and continues until 23:59.
A planned six-hour strike by public sector workers is set to cause disruptions in the healthcare and education sectors.
A three-hour strike by public sector workers is set to cause disruptions in the healthcare and education sectors.
Some schools were closed due to the strike. The union reports that APDJ is going through a “difficult situation” and is hiring workers without informing them of the association's financial status.
Daniel Martins, from the S.TO.P board, says that more than one hundred employees are at the doors of the Vale de Milhaços school cluster headquarters in Seixal to demand better working conditions.
According to a survey carried out by FENPROF among teachers working in single-class (monodocência) settings, in 40.5% of short-term teacher absences operational assistants are left responsible for the children, and during teachers' strikes 15% of classes are handed over to these workers.
It will be very difficult for social harmony to be maintained at our universities and research institutes.
He became known as the face of the Union of All Education Professionals (S.T.O.P.) and for the school strikes in 2022 and 2023, and now believes 'it's time to open one's eyes.' André Pestana is a career teacher and outspoken social activist, and has decided to be one of the 11 candidates for Belém because he wants 'to be the voice of the voiceless' and to 'take the fight for public services to another level.'
Workers complain of a 'serious shortage' of non-teaching staff, which is leading to 'serious operational failures'.
The negotiations, under the control of the Ministry of Finance, are a sham — barely concealed. Opinion by Mário Nogueira.
The coordinator said the strike, which began on 19 December and ended this Friday, 'clarified the workers' intentions'.
The Education Minister states that the strikes affecting schools are due to non-teaching staff. Fernando Alexandre acknowledges, however, that the professionals have valid reasons for complaint.
The education minister reports that there has been minimal participation in the school strike.
The general strike which the government tried valiantly to dismiss as “inexpressive” is still causing hiccups today with “high participation in both education and university and polytechnic canteens”. This may The post “Inexpressive” general strike spills over to public sector for Friday appeared first on Portugal Resident.
On the second day of the public sector workers' strike, participation was high at 9:00 AM this Friday, with 75% in education and 90% in university and polytechnic cafeterias, according to a union source. "It's still early for more concrete data, but at this moment we are at 75% in education, with many schools ...
The public sector strike continues for a second day, with the union reporting a 75% participation rate among education workers.
90% of university and polytechnic canteens are closed, assures the president of the Independent Union of Public Sector Workers and Social Support
The day after the general strike, new disruptions in the public sector are primarily affecting the Health and Education sectors.
The president of SITOPAS also states that 90% of university and polytechnic cafeterias are closed.
The Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation has not yet provided any data on the impact of the general strike on schools. Education unions report strong participation.
The general strike on Thursday, December 11, is impacting various sectors. There are disruptions in transport, health, education, and public services. The CGTP reports a “massive participation.”
