Education Minister Ondrej Liska promised last week teachers will get an additional half a billon crowns this year and another four billion crowns next year while the unions wanted an additional three billion this year already. Dobsik said today that originally the unions planned to stage a three-day strike.
However, after the government promised to give schools an additional half a billion crowns this year, they have softened their position Largest number of children since 1993 born in CzechRep last year ...
Czech minister presents school reform after 100 days in office ... and decided to only stage a one-day protest. "We will call on schools and educational facilities to cancel instruction," he said. Monday, June 9, was selected as the date of the protest because the government's meeting is scheduled for this day, Dobsik said. Last week the unions declared a strike alert and said they wanted to continue the talks on their wages with Liska. However, the union leaders have not ruled out that they might also organise a longer strike. On Thursday, Dobsik met Liska. He said after the meeting that a strike would probably not take place even if the requested additional three billion crowns were not received this year. "It would be a strike for the sake of strike," Dobsik told iDnes.cz. ($1=16.179 Czech crowns)
(Ceske Noviny)
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