Polish teachers’ strike


The forecast nationwide strike of teachers in Poland (see Labour Research, April 2019, page 8) has begun and has produced the closure of schools across the country. 


The indefinite strike, which coincides with end-of-year exams, started on 8 April and was going into its second week as Labour Research went to press. 


The teachers’ unions want a £200-a-month increase in their pay which, they say, has fallen behind other groups. 


The strike is supported by the two major teaching unions, including Poland’s largest union, the ZNP. However, the third, the education section of the Solidarnosc union movement, signed a deal with the government, just as the action was about to begin.