Teachers in Poland go on a nationwide strike to demand higher pay after talks with government fail
Teachers join state employees as they march through the downtown demanding higher wages and protesting against the governments educational reforms in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018.
The open-ended strike by school and kindergarten teachers that started Monday is the first such widespread action by Poland's chronically underpaid educators since 1993. It comes at a sensitive time, just days before crucial end-of-school exams in primary and middle schools, and weeks ahead of elections to the European Parliament that are key for the government.Talks between three teachers trade unions and the government ended on Sunday evening with the ZNP and another union sticking by their demand of monthly salary increase of $262 . Only one smaller union agreed to the government's offer of a 15 percent monthly increase starting from September.
"Today, at 0800, starts the biggest strike in education since 1993," ZNP leader Slawomir Broniarz told private broadcaster"We are ready to convince the government that this strike is not only economically motivated, but that this strike is also to defend the quality of education, which has been damaged in recent years," Broniarz said.
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