Tag: strike
Macedonia 27.04.22 | 09:45

Teacher’s strike continues, kindergartens to accept preschool children

The strike of the employees in the primary and secondary education resumes, but day care centers will reopen. The teacher’s trade union rejected the government’s latest offer of 12 percent raises. The strike in the kindergartens will be on hold which means that the parents can take their...
Macedonia 26.04.22 | 20:16

Strike in schools continues, put on hold in kindergartens, SONK decides

After the session of the leadership of SONK, its head Jakim Nedelkov said that the offer for a 12 percent salary increase by the government was rejected and that the strike of the teachers in primary and secondary schools continues, while the strike in kindergarten is put on hold. Our members today voted...
Macedonia 25.04.22 | 16:25

Will the students go to school tomorrow: Fresh SONK-Government meeting this afternoon

Representatives of the Independent Trade Union for Education, Science and Culture (SONK) led by President Jakim Nedelkov are meeting Monday government representatives in a bid to reach an agreement on their demands, which will depend on ending the strike in schools and kindergartens which started on...
Macedonia 23.04.22 | 10:29

Maksim Dimitrievski: Teachers deserve a higher salary, they are the vanguard in society, I believe that the Government will meet their demands

In an interview with TV Plus, the mayor of Kumanovo, Maksim Dimitrievski, expressed regret for the conditions in the field of education and said that not only the energy crisis, but also raising the minimum wage creates certain problems in society. I think that every person deserves a higher salary,...
Macedonia 20.04.22 | 21:13

SONK doesn’t accept 10% salary increase, the strike continues

SONK informed at a press conference today that they have made a decision that the conclusions of yesterday’s session of the Government do not lead to solving the problems. There is a lot of pressure on the strikers. The right to strike is disputed, a reason is sought for why it is organized and...
Macedonia 20.04.22 | 09:37

SONK to decide at today’s session whether the strike will continue

The Government asked the competent ministries at yesterday’s session the budget review to provide funds for increasing the salaries of employees in education and kindergartens by ten percent. It also called on the Independent Trade Union for Education, Science and Culture (SONK) to accept this...
Macedonia 19.04.22 | 21:08

Strike continues, SONK to review Government conclusions tomorrow

The Union for Education, Science and Culture (SONK) expects the Government conclusions related to the general strike of school and kindergarten staff, will review them and respond accordingly. Meanwhile, the strike continues. The Council of SONK will hold a session tomorrow at which they will review...
Macedonia 19.04.22 | 17:19

SONK: No new proposal for salary increase, members to decide on strike outcome

Union for Education, Science and Culture (SONK) president Jakim Nedelkov said Tuesday he spoke with Minister of Education and Science Jeton Shaqiri earlier in the day but they did not come to an agreement that might lead to ending the strike in schools and kindergartens. Unfortunately not. The conversation...
Macedonia 19.04.22 | 11:19

Strikers to demand their salary from SONK, says the Labor Minister

The strike in education, ie in primary and secondary schools and kindergartens, entered the second week after the union members of SONK, as they informed, rejected the verbal proposal from the Government for a linear salary increase of 2,500 denars from June, which will be discussed in the Parliament. Out...
Macedonia 19.04.22 | 09:55

VMRO-DPMNE: The government has money for coffee and lunches, but it has no money to increase teachers’ salaries

SDSM is hypocritical. They said one thing a few years ago, they do another now. Then they said that the Constitution guarantees the right to strike of education workers, and now with threats, blackmail and pressure they are trying to stifle the strike, said VMRO-DPMNE. At the same time, they spend millions...
Macedonia 18.04.22 | 09:49

Teachers’ strike resumes for second week

The nationwide teachers’ strike continues this week after the Education, Science and Culture Workers’ Union rejected the government’s verbal offer of a 10-percent raise for teachers, who started striking April 11 for higher pay. In response, the government said striking teachers would not...
Macedonia 17.04.22 | 21:33

The strikers will be paid only the contributions, the government threatens

The Government of the Republic of Macedonia in the talks with SONK offered a 10% increase in the salaries that will be provided by the budget revision. The Government considers that it is extremely important that the status of employees in education is constantly improving, according to the established...
Macedonia 16.04.22 | 10:52

Negotiations between the Government and the teachers’ union will continue over the weekend

The Government and the SONK teachers’ union will meet over the weekend to try to reach agreement over the week long strike. The union demands a wage increase of at least 18 percent, to try to keep up with the rising inflation. We received some feedback, but it still doesn’t include a percentage....
Macedonia 15.04.22 | 20:20

Alliance of Albanians supports the teachers’ strike

Arben Taravari from the Alliance of Albanians came out in support of the strike of the public sector teachers, which has been in effect for a week. We support the protesters and we will continue to support them. They are absolutely in the right. In Macedonia, a baker or a waiter takes more money than...
Macedonia 14.04.22 | 15:54

Nikoloski: The teacher strike is justified

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski said that the strike of the public teachers’ union is justified. I can’t say I’m surprised by it, the strike is justified. The salaries of the teachers, kindergarten teachers, high school teachers, they are way below any dignified level...
Macedonia 14.04.22 | 13:02

Postal Service management board proposes higher pay in June for some postal workers

In response to the nationwide postal workers’ strike that started Thursday morning, the National Postal Service’s board of directors has offered unionists to increase the salaries of 1,700 mail carriers and front desk clerks by 3,000 denars [EUR 49] beginning in June and give raises to administrative...
Macedonia 14.04.22 | 09:27

Post Office employees go on strike as well, demand an increase of 3,000 denars

A general strike of the employees of the National Post Office with a request for a linear increase of the net salaries in the amount of 3,000 denars was announced today by the Trade Union of the Macedonian Post and the Trade Union of AD Post of Macedonia. The strike will start at 8 am and will take place...
Macedonia 14.04.22 | 09:11

Strike in education continues

The strike in education continues in the coming days, and the negotiations of the Independent Trade Union for Education, Science and Culture (SONK) with the Ministry of Education and Science (MES) continue. SONK members in schools and kindergartens have been on strike since Monday, demanding a pay rise. The...
Macedonia 13.04.22 | 17:06

UNICEF representative calls for a quick end to the school strike

Patricia DiGiovanni, the UNICEF representative in Macedonia, called on the teachers’ union and the Government to come to some compromise over the school strike, that is in its third day. She warned that long delays in the school year will negatively affect the children. Workers in the education...
Macedonia 13.04.22 | 14:32

Nedelkov: I do not know when our strike will end, we have not been called to the Government yet

We have not been called to the Government yet and we do not have any proposal from them that we could discuss here in the union, the president of the Trade Union for Education, Science and Culture (SONK), Jakim Nedelkov, told Plusinfo, after the general strike in schools and kindergartens  started...
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