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March 8th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda The nationwide strike by some 16,000 teachers left most schools closed in the 1.3-million-polulation Baltic nation.
Thousands of teachers also staged a protest rally in the center of the capital Tallinn to exert further pressure on the government to meet their demands.
“We need to increase the salaries and also decrease the workload,” Martin Saar, a protesting chemistry teacher said.
The teachers want a pay rise to at least 730 euros ($960) per month for junior teachers as well as 1,067 euros for those with the longest work experience.
Estonia experienced one of the fastest economic growth rates in the European Union last year and the teachers say they want their share of that growth with a 20-percent salary hike.
The government has offered to raise the lowest wages, but the Education Personnel Union demands a wage hike for all.
Estonia’s economic growth stood at 7.5 percent last year when it joined the eurozone.
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