FEN has grounded its complaint on Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights, regarding the right to a fair trial. The federation says the Romanian Government has blocked the implementation of final court rulings awarding salary raises to teachers.
In April, Romania’s High Court of Justice upheld an appeal filed by the prosecutor general concerning Law 221/2008 on wage raises in the education sector, so teachers will be paid the difference between salary rights set by the law and the real wages they received until December 31, 2009.
Earlier the same month, the Government had drawn up a bill and plans to freeze teachers’ salaries in 2011, capping them at the level in January. According to the bill, granting new salary rights through collective or individual work contracts is forbidden and breaching this norm will represent a criminal offence.