Spain Teachers Start Open-Ended Strike
Spain’s public schoolteachers’ union escalated a series of two-day work stoppages into an indefinite strike Tuesday, but government officials said that only a minority stayed away from work.
The Education Ministry said only 17% heeded the strike call. Unions put the figure at 35%.
It was the 20th time in the last three months that public schools have been closed because of teacher walkouts.
Teachers are demanding pay parity with civil servants of similar qualifications and monthly pay increases of $223 by September, 1990. The Education Ministry has said the teachers’ demands would cost $1 billion and the state budget could not afford more than $290 million.
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