The teachers will take to the streets again on Thursday, June 24, the same day they will submit to the Parliament the 160,000 signatures collected for a citizens’ initiative, by which they demand the annulment of the austerity measures in Education.
They will gather in front of the Parliament Palace, at Alveola Parcului Izvor, between 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Following the submission of the signatures, the teachers expect the Parliament to initiate a legislative initiative to cancel “the anti-destructive education provisions imposed by Law No. 141/2025”.
According to the press release issued on Wednesday, the trade unionists have a wide range of demands:
“The draft law comes to correct the legislative slippages of recent years and ensure a quality educational act, stipulating several essential measures, including:
• Combating school overcrowding: We support the reduction and strict regulation of the number of beneficiaries per class/group. For example, in primary education, a class must have a maximum of 22 students, in the secondary school a maximum of 26 students, and in the high school a maximum of 26 students.
• The correct calculation for hourly rates in the hourly payment regime: we support the return to the method of calculation before Law no. 141/2025.
• Respect for the experience at the department: We request the return to the didactic norm before Law no. 141/2025 and reducing it by two hours for teachers with first degree and over 25 years of experience.
• Stimulating teaching in disadvantaged areas: We support the granting, starting from the 2026-2027 school year, of a non-taxable installation bonus equivalent to 3 basic salaries to teaching staff who start their tenure in isolated or disadvantaged areas, provided they stay on the job for 5 years.
• No simultaneous education in the 8th grade: We support the separate organization of the 8th grade, regardless of the number of students. Equal opportunities for all!
• Supporting young people and excellence (Higher Education): Students from a double major didactic degree or a didactic master’s degree will receive scholarships equal to the net salary of a beginning teacher. Also, the high school students who won medals at the international Olympiads will keep their scholarship of excellence throughout their undergraduate studies in Romania, if they maintain their performance.”
Full press release
“The Federation of Free Trade Unions in Education, the Federation of Trade Unions in Education “SPIRU HARET” and the National Trade Union Federation “ALMA MATER” – representative trade union organizations at the level of pre-university education, university and research collective bargaining sectors, bringing together the interests of over 300,000 employees – will picket on Thursday, June 25, 2026, starting at 11:00, the Palace Parliament. On this occasion, the representatives of education employees will submit to the Parliament Registry the more than 160,000 signatures collected to support the citizens’ initiative that aims to amend and supplement the Education Laws (Law no. 198/2023 and Law no. 199/2023).
Through this legislative action, we request the annulment of the destructive anti-education provisions imposed by Law no. 141/2025.
The draft law comes to correct the legislative slippages of recent years and ensure a quality educational act, stipulating several essential measures, including:
- Combating school overcrowding: We support the reduction and strict regulation of the number of beneficiaries per class/group. For example, in primary education, a class must have a maximum of 22 students, in the secondary school a maximum of 26 students, and in the high school a maximum of 26 students.
- The correct calculation for hourly rates in the hourly payment regime: we support the return to the method of calculation before Law no. 141/2025.
- Respect for the experience at the department: We request the return to the didactic norm before Law no. 141/2025 and reducing it by two hours for teachers with first degree and over 25 years of experience.
- Stimulating teaching in underprivileged areas: We support the granting, starting from the 2026-2027 school year, of a non-taxable installation bonus equivalent to 3 basic salaries to teaching staff who are tenured in isolated or underprivileged areas, on the condition that they remain on the job for 5 years.
- No simultaneous education in the 8th grade: We support the separate organization of the 8th grade, regardless of the number of students. Equal opportunities for all!
- Supporting youth and excellence (Higher Education): Students from a double-major teaching degree or a teaching master’s degree will receive scholarships equal to the net salary of a beginning teacher. Also, the high school students who won medals at the international Olympiads will keep their scholarship of excellence throughout their undergraduate studies in Romania, if they maintain their performance.
On this occasion, we appeal to the parliamentarians of the Romanian Parliament, requesting them to urgently discuss this legislative initiative, so that the 2026-2027 school year begins in optimal conditions, both for the education employees and for the direct beneficiaries of the education system.
Organizational details of the protest:
- Location: Alveola Parcului Izvor, Bucharest (in front of the Palace of the Parliament).
- Date: June 25, 2026.
The protest schedule:
- 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.: Gathering of participants in the alveolus of Izvor Park.
- 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.: Conduct of the protest action.
- 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.: Full disbursement of participants.”
