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EU school teachers strike for equal rights and union protection
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-school-teachers-strike-equal-rights-union-protection-2025-03-19/
By Tiffany Vermeylen
March 19, 20258:14 AM CDTUpdated 5 hours ago
BRUSSELS, March 19 (Reuters) - Around 400 teachers and students from EU schools in Brussels went on strike for half a day on Wednesday to protest against employment conditions for locally hired teachers, including the absence of union representation and a teachers' pension plan.
About half the teaching staff are provided by EU member states and the rest - the segment for whom the strike was staged - are hired locally, paid less and not protected under EU law.
"We lack official teacher status, a teachers’ pension, and the right to unionize", said Belgian Social Sciences teacher Lucile Henry.
European Union (EU) schools serve about 28,000 children of EU institution staff and diplomats, with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen among their alumni.
FULL story at link above.