Pay rise of zl.52 a month awarded in the wake of teachers' protests

Following Monday's occupation of the Ministry of Education building by teachers belonging to the Solidarity trade union, education minister Edmund Wittbrodt has signed a decree on raising teachers' salaries. In accordance with the provisions of the Teachers' Card Act, the minimum salary of a teacher with a master's degree and pedagogical training will be increased by zl.52, to zl.1,453 a month. However, the Ministry of Finance has expressed reservations concerning the pay rise, and the Teachers' Card Act, which guarantees significant pay rises for teachers over a period of time, remains an issue of contention between the education ministry and teachers' unions. Yesterday president of the ZNP teachers' union, Slawomir Broniarz, submitted a proposal to the Sejm that contains changes to the Teachers' Card Act. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A5) A.D.