Serbia Teachers Strike for Back Pay

Teachers walked off the job in more than 600 schools throughout Serbia on Thursday, broadening the revolt against President Slobodan Milosevic.

The strike by elementary and high school teachers, who are demanding back pay and higher salaries, increases the pressure on Milosevic, who has already been the target of 10 weeks of daily protests over his failure to recognize opposition election victories.

The teachers strike closed 178 of 201 schools in Belgrade, the Serbian and Yugoslav capital, sending teenage pupils onto the streets to join hundreds of older students marching through the city.