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Oct 31, 2008, 14:08 GMT

Romanian teachers call strike for higher pay

Bucharest - Teachers in Romania have called a series of strikes to press demands for a 50 per cent pay increase approved by parliament, union leaders said Friday. The teachers plan a day-long stoppage on November 10 and an indefinite strike from November 18 if their demands are not met. Civil servants and doctors say they will join the protest action. President Traian Basescu has urged the teachers not to go ahead with their strike, saying it could jeopardize parliamentary elections scheduled for November 30. The president supports the teachers' pay claim, but it is opposed by his political rival, Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu. Tariceanu rushed through an emergency decree to block parliament's approval of the pay raise, arguing that it could destabilize the nation's economy at a time of global financial uncertainty.

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