Federal education teachers, who are on strike, received a new salary adjustment and career restructuring proposal from the government. The Union offered an adjustment of 12.5% until 2026, with a portion of 9% to be paid in January 2025 and another of 3.5% in May 2025. Combined with the proposal made to increase benefits and the adjustment of 9% given last year, technicians would have an average global adjustment of more than 20% for their career.
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In addition to the remuneration agenda, the proposal includes other important demands in the category, such as the guarantee that teachers will not suffer financial losses during the interstice period for progression and promotion, as long as they make the request within 6 months. Another proposed point was the adoption of the same pattern of time and attendance control for teachers in higher education for teachers in basic, technical and technological education.
“With the adjustment of 9.0% in January 2025 and an additional 3.5% in May 2026, increases could vary between 12.8%, for the first career level, to 16.1%, for full professors Professors with PhDs on a 40-hour basis with exclusive dedication will receive R$ 11,824.86 at the beginning of their career and R$ 25,982.49 at the end”, described the Ministry of Management and Innovation in Public Services (MGI).
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The entities representing teachers have not yet given acceptance. They will hold assemblies to decide whether or not to approve the proposal, based on the interests of the category.
wave of strikes
Professors at universities and federal institutes began a strike movement last week, after the meeting on national readjustment that took place last Wednesday and ended without proposing salary improvements. There are 17 universities and 43 institutes in which teachers have gone on strike.
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The strikers’ indignation is directed at the government’s delay in responding to the proposals presented by the representative entities. The understanding within the category is that the federal government, which was elected with a strong focus on Education, left aside the civil servants who work in these places.
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