In Romania, teachers will end a three-week general strike after the government partially met their wage demands.
This was announced on Monday by the Romanian trade unions, Reuters reports.
The teachers' unions demanded a 25% wage increase for all employees, as well as investment in improving infrastructure and teaching materials, and raising wages for new teachers to at least the national average.
A new teacher in Romania earns just under 2,400 lei ($521) a month, not much more than half the national average salary of 4,554 lei.
On Monday, the government will raise teachers' salaries by 25% from June through an emergency decree, estimating the financial cost of the move at 2.7 billion lei ($586.10 million).
It will also provide the teacher with one-off annual awards thanks to EU funding until 2027.
Meanwhile, the government will bring new teacher salaries to the national average only in stages from 2024 under a new public sector pay bill that has yet to be published and approved.
Romanian teachers went on strike on May 22 for the first time since 2005, and thousands of people protested in cities across Romania amid double-digit inflation and high interest rates, as well as low trust in public institutions.
Another large-scale protest of teachers took place on June 10.
Health, police and railway workers also staged protests over pay, staff shortages and working conditions, warning of possible strikes.
Romania's government collected less revenue this year than it had planned and is under pressure to reduce its budget deficit to below the European Commission's 3% of GDP ceiling by the end of 2024.
