Union workers of education clash with riot police during a demonstration for improvement in the wages of educators, in Lima, Peru, August 16, 2017. REUTERS/Enrique Mondujano
LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski urged striking public school teachers to go back to work on Wednesday and reject violence after they clashed with police in a protest to demand higher wages.
Raising teacher salaries was a campaign promise from Kuczynski and the strike, more than two months old in some regions of Peru, has contributed to his approval rating falling to an all-time low in August.
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