International Herald Tribune: Lithuanian teachers plan rallies Friday as strike escalates
VILNIUS, Lithuania: Lithuania’s teacher unions plan to escalate their pay dispute with the government by holding protest rallies in the country’s largest cities on Friday.
Dozens of schools throughout Lithuania have been shut down for several days after teachers walked off the job in an ongoing salary dispute. Teachers are demanding an immediate 50 percent pay raise, but the government has said it cannot afford that.
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