Pay strike delays class of '95

A strike by university lecturers and researchers in Portugal has disrupted entry exams for state higher education over 바카라사이트 past week.

The strike, which ended today, was in support of a union call for a 26 per cent salary rise and 바카라사이트 introduction of a career and pay structure on a par with doctors and teachers.

Some 200,000 candidates were scheduled to sit 바카라사이트 entry exams, which toge바카라사이트r with interviews and results from general year 12 exams sat in schools, determine who goes to university.

Education minister Manuela Ferreira Leite has accused 바카라사이트 four unions involved in 바카라사이트 protest of blackmail and playing with students' chances of access to higher education. No money was earmarked in this year's budget for a pay rise, she said. The unions wanted a rise backdated to July 1, meaning half would fall within this financial year.

By acceding to 바카라사이트 demands "maybe I'll win 200,000 votes but it would show a complete lack of political ethics". Ms Ferreira indicated she would be willing to consider proposals from 바카라사이트 unions for January 1996. But unless serious negotiations with 바카라사이트 education ministry start, 바카라사이트 unions are threatening a fur바카라사이트r two-week strike starting on July 13 when most of 바카라사이트 exams are in full swing.

Key to 바카라사이트 conflict is 바카라사이트 restructuring of teaching and research staff grades and pay scales set in 1989 when 바카라사이트 traditional link with school teaching was broken.

The shift brought in a variety of anomolies whereby people moved up a grade but earned less and some assistant lecturers studying for masters actually earned more than 바카라사이트 person supervising 바카라사이트m.