The pre-university teachers’ strike continued on Wednesday, a day when unions said they were waiting for government representatives for talks at the headquarters of the Federation of Free Trade Unions in Education (FSLI). Education unions said the strike could be prolonged and announced a new protest march could take place on Thursday.

Simion Hencescu, president of the FSLI, said on Tuesday after discussions at Victoria Palace with Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucé and PSD leader Marcel Çolaku that “it was not a negotiation, it was an informal meeting”.

“Compared to what was known, we did not advance, so much so that the Government promised to make certain calculations. At the moment, we don’t know anything concrete that will happen. I invited them tomorrow to the meeting we are holding with the country’s leadership, maybe tomorrow they will come with a surprise, but today we don’t have anything concrete to tell the people, so the strike continues,” Hencescu said.

Government officials were invited to a meeting with the leaders of the three unions on Wednesday at the FSLI headquarters at 5:00 p.m.

“On Wednesday, there will be a meeting of all the heads of the three federations, and I have invited the Government leadership. An invitation to the Prime Minister, Mr. Cholak, the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Labor (…) We asked to make it clear what we asked for last time: a regulatory act on salary increases before the Labor Law comes into force. It remains to be seen whether the government will accept,” Hencescu said.

The strike will continue until the Government finds an “acceptable solution”

At the end of the government talks, FSLI leaders Simion Hencescu, Spiru Haret, Marius Nistor and Alma Mater Anton Hadar announced that the general strike that began on Monday would continue until the government made an “acceptable” solution.

He said that no offer to satisfy them was received, and according to the conditions, it could be a “long strike”.

Also, the president of the Federation of Free Trade Unions in Education (FSLI), Simion Hencescu, said that a protest action is possible on Thursday, May 25.

Chuke said on Tuesday morning, the second day of a general strike in education, that he could not meet the union’s demands because they were “very difficult to meet at the moment”.

The day before, Chuke called on education workers to return to the department, “especially at this extremely important time for students,” saying that “the government is ready to realize the vision of student-centered education.” He made the announcement after the Senate passed laws on education, which the opposition announced they would challenge in the Constitutional Court.

The president of the Federation of Free Trade Unions in Education (FSLI), Simion Hencescu, reacted by saying that the Prime Minister’s announcement would only increase the number of strikers.