The Union of Lithuanian Education Workers (LŠDPS) has announced that it will begin a national strike on November 16, unless an agreement on a pay rise is reached. The demand is to increase the efficiency of the official salaries of teachers up to 10%. The Ministry of Education is proposing an increase of 7.56% (about 92-152 euros next year). The Union sees this as insufficient. Teachers are not ready to strike for the sake of the strike itself. They want to reach an agreement, to work, to be heard and to see that their work is valued, said Andrejs Navakis, head of LŠDPS, but emphasized that if a realistic agreement is reached, the strike will be canceled immediately. By the way, Estonian education workers previously made a similar demand, after obtaining a salary increase of only 3%.

The Union of Lithuanian Education Workers (LŠDPS) has announced that it will begin a national strike on November 16, unless an agreement on a pay rise is reached. The demand is to increase the efficiency of the official salaries of teachers up to 10%. The Ministry of Education is proposing an increase of 7.56% (about 92-152 euros next year). The Union sees this as insufficient. Teachers are not ready to strike for the sake of the strike itself. They want to reach an agreement, to work, to be heard and to see that their work is valued, said Andrejs Navakis, head of LŠDPS, but emphasized that if a realistic agreement is reached, the strike will be canceled immediately. By the way, Estonian education workers previously made a similar demand, after obtaining a salary increase of only 3%.