Polish teachers march in Warsaw

by E Wayne Ross on March 24, 2007

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BBC: Polish teachers march in Warsaw

More than 10,000 teachers have marched through the Polish capital to demand pay rises and demonstrate against the government’s education policy.

Gay rights groups joined to protest against plans to dismiss teachers who promote homosexual behaviour.

Ministers have said they are preparing a bill to ban what they called “homosexual propaganda” from schools.

The teachers were demanding both improved retirement benefits and the dismissal of the education minister.