Tag: strike
Macedonia 12.04.22 | 09:06

Public schools strike enters its second day

The strike of public school teachers enters into its second day, as over 25,000 elementary, high school and kindergarten teachers are boycotting work. Only a few kindergartens in Skopje, Valandovo and Gevgelija opened in violation of the strike call issued by the SONK union. We are happy that there are...
Macedonia 11.04.22 | 10:34

Nedelkov: For the most part or a huge part, the strike runs without serious problems

Education, Science and Culture Workers Union head Jakim Nedelkov said the announced nationwide teachers’ strike has started early Monday and would last until salaries in public education are increased by 18.4 percent. The strike in schools and kindergartens has started, from what has been sent to me...
Macedonia 11.04.22 | 08:51

SONK strike starts

The Independent Trade Union for Education, Science and Culture (SONK) starts Monday the strike in all institutions at the national level in the activities of child protection – kindergartens and in primary and secondary schools, by not performing their duties at work, which according to announcements...
Macedonia 09.04.22 | 12:06

Major strike to be held on Monday: KSS voices support for SONK, calls on parents to express solidarity

KSS has long pointed out the poor condition of public sector employees and dissatisfaction with wages. The KSS branch unions expressed their dissatisfaction through a series of union activities. Over the years, the branch unions have held a series of protests, and the last protest was held on March 30,...
Economy 08.04.22 | 11:33

Mickoski expresses support for the striking workers

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski said that he supports the looming protests from the public sector, doctors, in the post office and the teachers. You need to financially motivate people to work. They love their jobs, they are dedicated but at the end of the day, the workers have their own families...
Macedonia 06.04.22 | 16:48

Fierce pressure starts: Kindergarten employees are being threatened with dismissal if they go on strike

SONK president, Jakim Nedelkov, informed through social networks that fierce pressure has been exerted on the employees in the kindergartens due to the announced strike for Monday. Kindergarten employees are under a lot of pressure from the directors of the institutions, who are looking for strikers’...
Macedonia 06.04.22 | 09:56

Parents will face serious problems with childcare from next week

Parents are scrambling for childcare as the public teachers’ union announced that it will begin a strike on April 11th. The SONK union protests rising costs that have outpaced teacher salaries, and the strike will also include kindergarten teachers. The Government threatened to bring substitute...
Macedonia 05.04.22 | 15:59

General practice doctors also plan to go on strike

After the public teachers, public administration workers and the post officer workers, now private practice doctors are also planning to go on strike. Their ZPLM union said that the doctors will protest on April 7th, at noon, in front of the Healthcare Ministry, to demand an increase in salaries. We...
Macedonia 04.04.22 | 22:12

No agreement reached on SONK’s demands: The union maintains position to go on strike on April 11

The President of the SONK teachers’ union, Jakim Nedelkov, after tonight’s meeting at the Ministry of Finance, said that there is no short-term solution that will increase by 18.4 percent the salaries of teachers represented by the union. Unfortunately, no percentage, no numbers were presented...
Economy 04.04.22 | 16:44

Postal workers go on general strike in 10 days

The postal union announced that it will being a general strike on April 14th, only several days after teachers are expected to begin a strike as well. The union that represents 2,200 postal workers said that their demand for a wage hike of 50 EUR was rejected by the Government and the management of the...
Economy 31.03.22 | 21:29

“No way of knowing how long the school strike will last”

The SONK teachers’ union says that after they announced a general strike that will begin on April 11th, there is no response from the Government. There is no feedback at all. All we were told is that the economic situation is bad everywhere, and that it will be difficult that our demands are met....
Economy 30.03.22 | 21:07

VMRO-DPMNE will support the teachers’ strike

VMRO-DPMNE will support the strike announced by the teachers’ union SONK. The Government withdrew from the promises it made to increase teacher salaries after it hiked the minimum wage and pensions, citing the economic fallout of the war in Ukraine. We support the teachers and we will continue...
Macedonia 29.03.22 | 23:16

Teachers go on strike on April 11th

Teachers will go on strike on April 11th. The decision comes after the Government rejected demands from the SONK union for a 18.5 percent wage increase to keep up with inflation and the increase in the minimum wage. The strike begins on April 11th, and its duration will depend on the negotiations with...
Economy 16.03.22 | 17:20

Railway traffic resumes after the “scheduled” monthly strike

Railway traffic resumed in Macedonia after several days due to a strike caused by the late salaries. Railway workers now go on strike every month as the salaries are usually late. They now expect to receive half of their due salary on Thursday.
Macedonia 03.03.22 | 18:09

Doctors go on strike over unfulfilled promises from the Government

General practitioners and specialist doctors will go on a strike tomorrow. They will only admit patients who urgently need medical care. The reason for the strike is the failure of the Government to accept any of their demands following the meeting two weeks ago. After talking to deputy Healthcare Minister...
Macedonia 18.02.22 | 10:02

Doctors go on strike over their low salaries and rising costs

General practitioners go on strike today, angry over their low salaries. These first line doctors are paid per patient but the fee has not increased for a long time. Since 2018 we are paid only 65 denars (1 EUR) per patient. Out of these funds we need to pay a nurse with at least the newly increased...
Economy 04.02.22 | 17:05

Unions protested in Skopje to demand another increase in the minimum wage

Union representatives protested in downtown Skopje today to demand an increase in the minimum wage to 18,000 denars (300 EUR). The SSM union gathered in front of the Chamber of Commerce and the Organization of Employers of Macedonia (ORM), who are refusing the request for another hike in the minimum...
Economy 27.01.22 | 12:02

No money, no trains: Railroad strike continues

Railway traffic across Macedonia remains at a stand-still, as the management of the Macedonian Railways still hasn’t paid out the full salary for December. This automatically activated the strike declared by the union in November, which is linked to the timely payment of salaries. The management is...
Economy 26.01.22 | 15:59

Railway traffic in Macedonia paralyzed due to strike

All railway traffic in Macedonia has been suspended since this morning, due to a strike called  by the engineers’ union. It’s an automatically generated strike, after the management is late in paying out the second half of the salaries for December. The union decided to begin a strike whenever the...
Economy 27.11.21 | 12:05

Strike: Railroad traffic remains paralyzed

Train lines remain suspended across Macedonia, due to the strike of railway workers. The union called the strike after the salaries were late again. Workers demand that they receive the second half of their due October salary, which was due on the 25th. Union representative Dusko Cakarovski said that...
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