Czech teachers on strike

Czech teachers have gone on a one-day strike in protest against low wages. An estimated 130,000 teachers at elementary and secondary schools – that’s half the schools in the country – are said to have joined the strike action. The government’s promise of an extra half a billion crowns has failed to stem the protests, with teachers saying that anything below three billion would not even cover this year’s inflation. The government has promised to earmark an extra four billion crowns for the education sector next year but says it can spare no more at present.