Contract teachers will have three salary scales instead of one – Portugal
Contract teachers, who are not on the staff of the Ministry of Education, will be included in three new salary scales instead of just one. According to the newspaper publiccan earn up to €350 more parallel.
José Coelho/Lusa
This solution comes in response to the infringement process opened in 2021 by the European Commission against the Portuguese State, considering that teachers were being subject to discriminatory treatment. Hired teachers won by index 167, and now, according to the Ministry of Education, the limit of index 205 will be applied to them. Index 167 corresponded to the first step of the career, to which hired teachers were linked regardless of having many years of service.
Teacher strikes continue
Since December, teachers have been on strike for an indefinite period, called by the Union of All Education Professionals (STOP). Teachers have partially complied with it, just one class time.
Currently, two other strikes are taking place: a partial strike, which started at the beginning of the 2nd period, only during the first period of classes for each teacher, convened by the Independent Union of Teachers and Educators (SIPE), and a total strike, convened by a platform of eight organizations, including the National Federation of Teachers (Fenprof), which takes place by district for 18 days, until February 8.
The National Union of Licensed Teachers (SNPL) also called for a three-day strike, between February 1st and 3rd, for “dignifying the conditions” of professionals and against Government proposals for recruitment and competitions.
Last week, the unions participated in the third round of negotiations to discuss with the Ministry of Education the new model for recruiting and placing teachers, but the meetings ended without an agreement.
As it requested to be resumed soon, still no defined data for the next meeting, but the unions requested that they also satisfy other matters.
With Lusa
discover As
Editions of the Day
Related articles