Final offer: The government proposed an 11 percent raise to educators

Prime Minister of the Government of Serbia Milos Vucevic met with the representatives union of education and preschool education during which he said that the final offer of the Government of Serbia is that all employees in the system of preschool, primary, secondary and higher education will have their salaries increased by 1 percent from January 2025, 11.

Vučević also pointed out that everyone, with the exception of employees in higher education institutions, will receive a one-time monetary payment in the amount of 9 dinars by January 2025, 15.000, as well as that the fee for class teachers will be additionally increased by one percent from January 1. it is stated in the announcement of the Government.

The Prime Minister also said that by the end of the year, amendments to the Criminal Code will be adopted with the aim of criminal legal protection of employees in the education system, and that negotiations on a special collective agreement will be started immediately and work on amendments to the Law on the Basics of the Education System will be intensified, and in order to strengthen the role and authority of teachers.

Vučević and union representatives agreed that the unions should respond to the offer of the Government of the Republic of Serbia by the end of the week.

According to reports, the first vice president of the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Minister of Finance Siniša Mali and the Minister of Education Slavica Đukić Dejanović attended the meeting.

Strike announcement

Let's remind representatives of all four representative trade unions of educators have announced what the legal strike in schools will look like, which will start on Monday, November 4, i.e. that classes will last 30 minutes, and that the first week of the strike will be in schools in Belgrade and Požarevac.

The strike will be preceded by a complete suspension of work in schools on Friday, November 1, and a large protest in Belgrade, which will be attended by employees of educational institutions from all over Serbia.

"We will invite our families and our children to be present at that protest." We want to show the Government that we also have our own families that depend on our earnings. We will also send an invitation to parents, grandparents to join in as well," said Danilo Gligorić, president of the Education Workers' Union of Serbia.