Portugal's school staff march for better pay and conditions
Teachers and school staff demand better pay and conditions in Portugal.
Thousands of teachers and non-teaching staff are demonstrating today in Lisbon in a protest organised by the Union of All Professionals of Education (STOP) to demand better working conditions and wages, and against minimum services in schools.
This is the third march promoted by STOP since December, which has demanded measures such as a salary increase of €120 for all education professionals to include teachers and non-teaching staff.
The march this Saturday is in response to the decision of Portugal's Arbitration Court, which on Friday decreed minimum services for schools following the unpredictability of the strikes decreed by STOP. Read More….