{"id":6670,"date":"2025-09-09T07:03:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T07:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6670"},"modified":"2025-09-09T07:03:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T07:03:24","slug":"romanian-teachers-keep-general-strike-as-an-option","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6670","title":{"rendered":"Romanian teachers keep general strike as an option"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of teachers from all over the country <a href=\"https:\/\/www.romania-insider.com\/romania-school-year-teachers-protests-sept-2025\" target=\"_blank\">gathered in Bucharest on September 8<\/a>, the first day of the new school year, to protest against what they called &#8220;new austerity measures&#8221; enforced by the government under the first reform package in July: more teaching hours (+10%), consequently fewer hours for overtime or part-time teachers, higher maximum number of pupils in a class, and small schools merger.<\/p>\n<p>Unionists do not rule out the launch of a general strike, stating that on Tuesday, September 9, teachers will be in classrooms, but will not teach, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digi24.ro\/stiri\/actualitate\/educatie\/noul-an-descolar-incepe-cu-incertitudini-si-proteste-miting-in-piata-victoriei-din-capitala-si-mars-pana-la-palatul-cotroceni-3403683?mc_cid=6fddad696c&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c\" target=\"_blank\">Digi24<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The debate on the teachers&#8217; demand for reversing the measures imposed by the government, in the context of the poor state of education, remains complex. The support for a general strike among teachers is mixed, and teachers&#8217; trust in the unions is reportedly very weak.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Unionists demanded the resignation of the minister of education, Daniel David.<\/p>\n<p>Minister David, in turn, said that &#8220;from his point of view,&#8221; the new school year will begin on a note of normality. He added that the teachers&#8217; protest, in the current context of fiscal-budgetary constraints, is &#8220;uninspired&#8221; and &#8220;completely unrealistic&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Unionists also met president Nicusor Dan, who has not expressed an opinion on their claims.<\/p>\n<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source:\u00a0Inquam Photos \/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquamphotos.com\/users\/octavganea\">Octav\u00a0Ganea<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of teachers from all over the country gathered in Bucharest on September 8, the first day of the new school year, to protest against what they called &#8220;new austerity measures&#8221; enforced by the government under the first reform package in July: more teaching hours (+10%), consequently fewer hours for overtime or part-time teachers, higher [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6670\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}