As per reports, approximately 1,200 teachers demonstrated at Richard Wagner Square in central Leipzig on Wednesday, (21 January), calling for higher pay and improved working conditions.

• The protest was organised by the Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft, alongside other education sector unions.
• The action was part of broader labour negotiations concerning employees of Germany’s federal states.
• The protest was directed at regional and state level authorities responsible for education policy and employment conditions.
• Organisers indicated that additional strike actions are planned in other parts of Saxony in the coming days.