(Adnkronos) – Students, teachers, university students also in the streets in Greece. Protests in Athens and dozens of other cities across the country to demand better conditions in institutions, higher salaries for teachers, and more funds for public education. Among the demands is also that of safer school buildings. The Police, Kathimerini reports, have strengthened security in central Athens with three thousand officers deployed in the capital, where a group of about 500 pensioners also protested in Kotzia Square.
The primary school teachers’ union, it is reported, has called a 24-hour strike, while the secondary school teachers’ union has announced a three-hour strike until 2 PM, and the Adedy trade union confederation has also called a three-hour strike. Hospital doctors are also protesting, according to Kathimerini news.
