Zimbabwe Teachers Remain in Schools

Summary:The Progressive Teacher Union of Zimbabwe announced the the teachers will be returning as the new school semester begins. But the teachers have threatened that if the government does not so anything to change the current salaries within two weeks, they will go on strike. The teachers are demanding a raise from 200 US dollars to 600 US dollars, but the government cannot afford these increases and for now has frozen salaries. The government has not yet made a decision on what they will do, but the teachers have said that they will not stop fighting until they get raised salaries.
Opinion: The Progressive Teacher Union of Zimbabwe is asking for too high of a raise too quickly. It is good that they are working hard to get what they want, but there are too many teachers and not enough money for all of them to receive triple the salaries that they are currently making. If they really want to make that much more per month they are going to have to push for the changes longer than two weeks, and it will take the government longer than two weeks to find the money to pay for these changes.

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