Society

29.November 2022 S.Ć.

Teachers' strike: School principals threaten the strikers

There is almost no region in which the Independent Union of Educational Workers of Vojvodina has membership, and today there was no terrible and shameful pressure from the directors, say the union, and they announce criminal charges against them. The strike will be held in 47 cities of Serbia

News

24.August 2022 S.Ć.

Educator's strike: Two thousand for class fees

Teachers avoid being class leaders because they can only get 2000 dinars for extremely hard and responsible work. On September XNUMX, educators are on strike in order not to draw the state's attention to low salaries and other perennial problems

Education

25.September 2023 Z.S.

Teachers' protest tomorrow: Raises or strike

An agreement between the representatives of the Government of Serbia and the representative trade union of Serbian workers was not reached. Educators will therefore not give up the protest announced for tomorrow, September 26 in Belgrade. If their demands are not met from October 9, a strike will begin in schools with lessons shortened to 30 minutes.

Towards a general strike: Government and education

22.January 2025 Marija L. Jankovic

Teachers on the strike

Almost no one can list how many educational collectives in Serbia will be on strike at the end of January. Although the authorities boasted at the beginning of the protest that as many as 80 percent of the 1700 schools in Serbia are working fully and 11 percent partially - data from the field says otherwise

United in protest

21.January 2025 IN THE

Strikes and blockades continue: Protests by professors and students throughout Serbia

The second semester in many Serbian schools began without the school bell due to a strike by educators. Unions say more than 50 percent of schools have suspended operations, while official estimates claim 77 percent are open. At the same time, the student protests do not stop, and the inspection has already started visiting schools that have not continued their work

Wave of discontent

20.January 2025 IN THE

Plenum in front of Filozofskogo: General strike voted

The protest of educators continues in the center of Belgrade, while a one-day work stoppage is underway across Serbia at the beginning of the second semester, dissatisfied with the union's agreement with the government on salary increases. Lawyers also went on a seven-day strike. Open SOS line for students in Novi Sad. The director of the Šabac grammar school resigned

What do the Labor and Strike Laws say?

17.January 2025 Ma. J.

How can striking teachers not be fired?

Existing outdated regulations in Serbia do not allow teachers to completely suspend classes on Monday (January 20). However, mass and free legal aid can protect them, experts explain

Education

03.December 2024 Sanja Zrnić

Educators' strikes: The noise that the government ignores

Schools across Serbia are still on strike. In some places, classes are shortened because of low salaries, in others they "give out high fives" because teachers are afraid of students and their parents. In a deeply divided society, even the educational unions failed to unite. Separate actions do not bring any results. Why teachers do not dare to stop work completely

Education

16.October 2024 Sanja Zrnić

Teachers' protest: A strike and a total work stoppage follow

Four representative unions of educators have announced that they will suspend work on November 1, and then begin a "series of strikes" in all schools in Serbia. The members of the Independent Union of Education Workers of Serbia continue with the "white strike" and only give high fives. The Government's response is still is waiting

Education

28.September 2024 SZ

School directors answered the minister why they do not provide lists of strikers

The Association of School Principals of Serbia sent a letter to the Minister of Education Slavica Đukić Dejanović, responding to a letter from the Ministry of Education in which criticism was expressed against the principals for not reporting accurate data on the number of employees who participated in the work stoppage on September 16.