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Teachers' unions and the transformation of employment relations in public education in Portugal

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  • Alan Stoleroff

    (Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa - Av. das Forças Armadas - 1649–026 Lisbon, Portugal)

  • Irina Pereira

    (Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia - Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa - Av. das Forças Armadas - 1649–026 Lisbon, Portugal)

Abstract

This article examines the ongoing transformation of employment relations within the Portuguese public education sector as it affects teachers. It focuses on the negotiation over the amendment of the Teachers' Career Statute, initiated in May 2006, and the subsequent phases of its implementation, highlighting the recent conflict over the application of the performance evaluation system and performance-related pay. It analyses the positions of the teachers' unions and the conflicts that have emerged within the education sector, as well as the interaction of these conflicts with those of the public sector unions with regard to the overall reform of public administration. The significant resistance of teachers and the unified position of their unions in opposition to the reform measures have produced a particular dynamic in their conflict with the government.

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  • Alan Stoleroff & Irina Pereira, 2008. "Teachers' unions and the transformation of employment relations in public education in Portugal," Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, , vol. 14(2), pages 313-331, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:treure:v:14:y:2008:i:2:p:313-331
    DOI: 10.1177/102425890801400210
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    1. Raquel Rego & Wim Sprenger & Vassil Kirov & Greg Thomson & Daniele Di Nunzio, 2016. "The use of new ICTs in trade union protests – five European cases," Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, , vol. 22(3), pages 315-329, August.

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