The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has found that the Orbán government unlawfully restricted the right to strike of Hungarian teachers, the Minister of Education and Children's Affairs announced on Thursday morning on her Facebook page.
Judit Lannert wrote that Wednesday’s ruling was issued in proceedings brought by teachers’ trade unions and affected teachers, and that according to the court, the restriction was not necessary in a democratic society.
The minister stressed that under the Fidesz-KDNP government, schools had lost a significant part of their autonomy, teachers’ right to strike had been restricted, and several protesting teachers had been dismissed. “I am convinced that teachers should not be humiliated but valued, and that their professional opinions should be given weight. One of my first decisions as minister was to change this practice,” said Judit Lannert.
She explained that through an amendment to the public education act, they had restored the autonomy of schools, expanded the powers of school principals, reinstated the decision-making and advisory rights of teaching staff bodies, strengthened employee representation, and settled the conditions for exercising the right to strike.
Artificial intelligence was used for the translation of parts of the original Hungarian text.
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