(31 Jan 1997) T/I: 10:52:02
Striking lawyers and unpaid teachers on Friday (31/1) joined the protest
against the government of President Slobodan Milosevic.
Thousands of striking teachers called for the resignation of the education minister, payment of salaries as much as three months' overdue and a rise in their pay. They shut down 178 of Belgrade's 201 schools.
SHOWS:
BELGRADE, SERBIA, 31/1
VS of teachers' demonstration in progress;
ENGLISH SOT, Olga Blaguyevich, Belgrade Teacher: "We have not been paid
regularly for years, but now we cannot survive. This is now a matter of
existence. Some say that we are wrong to disregard our pupils, but what about our children ? We are also parents.";
VS of teachers' trade union meeting;
School children enjoying day off school, playing in playground;
SERBIAN SOT, schoolboy: "We aren't going to school because the teachers
aren't getting paid and that's why they are striking. We've been waiting for this for ages! Yeah! Strike, strike strike!";
GVs demo.
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