Thousands of students, teachers and supporters demonstrated in Hungary’s capital Friday for improved pay and working conditions for educators, the latest expression of frustration with the right-wing government’s education policy by a growing student movement.
The protest march in Budapest began on a square beside Hungary’s parliament and stopped traffic on one of the city’s busiest avenues. Demonstrators, made up largely of high school-aged students, called for the repeal of a draft bill that would revoke teachers’ status as public employees, and demanded pay raises for educators and a restoration of their right to strike.
Hungarian students push for higher teacher wages in protest march
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