Thousands of Puerto Rican teachers stage protest over wages, working conditions

Thousands of Puerto Rican teachers marched to the gates of the governor’s mansion Sunday, threatening to go on strike for higher salaries and better working conditions if long-stalled bargaining talks are not resumed.

The two sides will sit down again Monday to try to resolve the two-year impasse. But union leaders representing the majority of Puerto Rico’s 42,000 public school teachers plan a Tuesday news conference to announce a strike date if no agreement is reached.

“We hope to send a firm message to Gov. Aníbal Acevedo Vilá so that the agreement is signed,” Teachers Federation President Rafael Feliciano said among a throng of marchers. “*

*From: http://www.mndaily.com
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