12,000 teachers march on Warsaw

Representatives of the education sector have not agreed to a 10% wage increase proposed by the government, however, a group speaking for the protesters has now met with Education Minister Katarzyna Hall, who is reportedly willing to hold further negotiations. The teachers handed Hall several draft bills which would enable their demands to be met, while Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that the zł.200 pay rise is in fact too little. Still, Tusk claims that "this is a real increase for the sake of which I radically changed the state budget." (Dziennik, January 19-20, p. 1; Rzeczpospolita, January 19-20, p. A1; Gazeta Wyborcza,  January 19-20, p. 4) A.K.