The labour dispute between the Estonian Education Workers' Union (EHL) and the Ministry of Education and Research over teachers' salaries ended on 15 August without1 agreement. As a result, EHL once again has the right to organize a strike. Teachers are expecting a 20% pay rise starting from January 2026. Teachers are increasingly dissatisfied with their salaries and frustrated that their pay is no longer rising, according to the union. EHL turned to the national conciliator in April 2025 as teachers are dissatisfied with their monthly salary of € 1,820, which has remained unchanged since the end of the strike in 2024.
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