The Teacher's Strike Continues In Bulgaria What the ministry will do...?

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The Teacher's Strike In Bulgaria Continues...

The teacher's effective protest begun at 24 September 2007. It was caused couse of the lack of money, separated for the education. The syndicates are for 2x (100%) increase of the salary. The Bulgarian's Teacher averange pay is now only 175 Euro per month. Now the strike continues, with national meetings in Sofia.

 

The ministry holds it's possition and offers only 20% increase. He says that increase of 100% (averange pay of 350 Euro) will bring Bulgaria to major inflation (omg).

 

This situation holds 4 weeks - 4 weeks without education in Bulgaria. The opposition found the right moment and now they are giving vote of mistrust. It will be performed tomorrow at the Grand National Assembly, but it is almost impossible the government of the coalition with the socialists (Bulgarian Socialistic Party) to fall.

 

I'm at the side of the teachers, I'm a student, and I find 175 Euro pay for a teacher quite a little. The averange pay of a Bulgarian driver at the urban transport is more than 350 Euro per month.

 

Hope the government and the syndicates to solve their problem...

 

EDIT: Finally, the syndicate and the teachers agreed to have 20% increase of their salary. Quite a little, but now they have been on strike for 40 days...

Edited November 3, 2007 by ZaM0 (see edit history)