Teachers strike begins in Puerto Rico with clashes between police and demonstrators

Teachers walked off the job across this U.S. Caribbean territory on Thursday, staging protests that led to several arrests and scattered clashes with police assigned to keep schools open.

At least 10 people were detained island-wide, but government officials said most protests were peaceful and students generally arrived for classes without problems.

The teachers union called the walkout Wednesday after a breakdown in talks over a new contract for the island’s 42,000 public school teachers, who are demanding higher salaries and improvements to school buildings.”*

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