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March 6, 2018

Argentina Teachers Launch 2-Day Strike, Shuttering Schools Across Country
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In Argentina, teachers have launched a 2-day strike that has shut down
schools in 17 of Argentina's 23 provinces amid a dispute about wages and
inflation. This is Alejandro Demichelis, with the Confederation of
Education Workers.

Alejandro Demichelis: "We want dignified salaries. We want more
investment in education. We want them to continue handing out notebooks
and books. We want school infrastructure and the creation of new
schools. This government promised to create 3,000 early childhood
schools, and they haven't created one. That is what we are demanding
today: the social right to education that the state should guarantee."



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