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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Krisztina Than and Krisztina Fenyo

SHOCKING: Students form human chains across budapest supporting teachers strike - You Need To See This

People form a human chain across downtown in support of teachers fighting for higher wages and teachers sacked for protesting in Budapest, Hungary, October 5, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer

At least 10,000 Hungarian students, teachers and parents blocked a Budapest bridge before filling a main square outside parliament on Wednesday in support of teachers fighting for higher wages and teachers sacked for protesting.

Teachers have launched an "I want to teach" campaign and called for civil disobedience to demand higher wages, a solution to a deepening shortage of teachers, and the right to strike.

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