Teachers across Algeria go on strike to protest low salaries and poor conditions

Teachers across Algeria go on strike to protest low salaries and poor conditions

Teachers throughout Algeria have gone on strike to protest low salaries and deteriorating working conditions.

Despite an increase in their salaries in recent years and a new regulatory framework for their profession adopted at the end of 2024, teachers are still demanding better working conditions.

Algerian Teachers on strike over low salaries, poor conditions

Teachers throughout Algeria went on strike to protest low salaries and deteriorating working conditions. This follows demonstrations staged by students last month in an unusual outpouring of protest. Students stood outside shuttered classrooms and roamed aimlessly on Tuesday when teachers started a two-day strike. Teachers and students are taking action at a time when public criticism of the government is becoming rarer. Teachers say the strike …