The teachers' strike in Bulgaria

According to Georgi Gospodinov, the teachers' strike which has gone on for ten days now is about more than higher salaries and educational reforms: "The teacher is on the dark side of Bulgarian society. His presence on the streets and the radicalisation of the strike is an attempt to step out of this life in the shadows. ... Because as far as light is concerned, there is another, parallel Bulgaria. These are people you never read about in the papers unless there's a fire, a flood or a crime. In this other Bulgaria dressmakers, cleaning ladies and museum staff work for tiny salaries without having any rights and with false insurance documents. ... The teachers' demands for better pay are a sign of their desire for respect."

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