Jordan teachers strike, one million pupils stay home
More public school teachers are becoming drivers, waiters or taking other second jobs to keep afloat, even though it is illegal to do so.
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A strike by 80,000 teachers in Jordan is forcing more than a million students to stay at home.
The teachers in public schools want pay increases of 50 percent.
But the government says it does not have the money – and is urging an end to what it calls an “illegal” walkout.
Al Jazeera’s Andrew Chappelle reports from the capital, Amman.
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Published On 16 Sep 2019