Teachers' protest in Warsaw: Thousands of people in front of the Prime Minister's Office

From the morning hours, Aleje Ujazdowskie in Warsaw is filled with teachers and education workers. About two thousand people gathered in front of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister. Protesters came from different parts of Poland to demand better working conditions and decent wages.

There were banners and symbolic gestures. Among them - huge red cards that teachers showed to the Prime Minister, reminding him of his unfulfilled promises.

This is a red card for the Prime Minister, who said that teachers are the salt of the earth. Do I feel it? This salt is very cheap now - protest participants comment in an interview with our journalist Michał Dobrołowicz.

Main demands: raises and linking wages to the national average

The most important demand of the protesters is the annual indexation of teachers' salaries, depending on the average salary in the economy. The Polish Teachers' Union has been calling for such a solution for years, but - as trade unionists emphasize - the government is not willing to agree to it, despite previous declarations of the current parliamentary majority.

We want to remind government politicians and the Prime Minister of the promises they made to teachers, and they have not kept these promises to this day, and over two years have passed - says Magdalena Kaszulanis from ZNP, the organizer of the protest.

Dissatisfaction with the government's current proposals