Teachers are protesting in several states of the country for labor demands this #9January (Images).
Education professionals started protests this Tuesday, January 9, in several states of the country in their fight for work rights and labor demands.
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Merida, Miranda, Tachira, Caracas, Monagas are some of the regions that banded together to demand a salary adjustment after more than 660 days without a salary increase.
CARMEN TERESA MARQUEZ“Education is still in crisis, teachers are still rebels,” declared the president of Venezuela’s teachers’ federation in an interview for VPI.
Regarding the salary increase, Marquez reasoned that “you have to have 552 dollars to cover the food basket and the salary of a class 6 teacher is Bs. 798, that is, 21 dollars.”
“We hope the government will respond because if not we will continue the protest. “On January 15, Teacher’s Day, there will be a national protest,” he announced.
Likewise, he emphasized that “yes, there are school dropouts, in recent years we have seen many children on the streets, especially high school students (…) there are school dropouts and migrant teachers.”
# Regions | Merida / Frida Guerrero
Teachers from the state of Mérida gathered in Bolivar Square in the Andean capital to protest their labor demands. Carlos Gómez, president of SUMA Fetramagisterio, leads the exhibition #9Jan pic.twitter.com/QF6YD83bvr
— TalCual (@DiarioTalCual) January 9, 2024
Teachers in Miranda started a protest demanding better pay
Teachers took over La Hoyada Avenue in Los Tecas on the second day of their protest in 2024. Today is 662 days without increase in salary or pension
via: @dmurolo pic.twitter.com/QDS7WIM3O6
— Urgente Venezuela (@Urgente_VE) January 9, 2024
?? This #9Jan We join our teachers, retirees and pensioners in protest in Caracas to demand their rights!
?? This is the year to achieve victory and victory; To recover rights which have been entered into and taken away from us.
?? For general increase of… pic.twitter.com/WJ2PhS4jAC
– Popular Voluntad (@PopularVoluntad) January 9, 2024
#9Jan teachers union in #Monagas They gather in Plaza El Estudiante de #Maturin Demanding salary from government after more than 660 days without salary increment. Unions have reported that teachers have been threatened if they walk out to protest. pic.twitter.com/lgOHrvzetZ
— Jefferson Civira (@Jeffcivira) January 9, 2024
Venezuela has the lowest minimum wage and pension in Latin America:
130 Bs. = $3.6 monthly
today #9Jan Workers and retirees gather in Parque Carabobo, Caracas, demanding answers after 662 days without a raise. pic.twitter.com/IDL70fQgN3
— PROVEA (@_Provea) January 9, 2024
