Kindergarten, primary school, and secondary school employees will start a general strike today. They will be at their workplaces, but they will not hold any classes. This decision is the result of the unsuccessful negotiations between SONK (Trade Union of Education, Science, and Culture Employees) and government representatives, who failed to reach an agreement on the trade union’s demands.

“Despite the months-long negotiations with the ministries, we were not able to reach an agreement,” SONK President Dojcin Cvetanovski said, stressing that it is not known how long this strike will last.