Overview
- Hundreds gathered at Dresden’s Postplatz for a morning rally, with the GEW reporting about 700 participants.
- The action covers Dresden as well as the counties of Meißen and Sächsische Schweiz‑Osterzgebirge, and schools remain open with supervision even where lessons are canceled.
- Several primary schools in Dresden announced they would offer only emergency care, though compulsory attendance formally remains in place.
- Only tariff‑employed teachers are permitted to strike; in Dresden roughly 56% of about 4,900 teachers are eligible while civil servants continue working.
- Unions seek a 7% pay increase, at least €300 monthly, plus €200 more for trainees and a contract for student workers, and they plan further strikes from 26–29 January ahead of the next bargaining round in Potsdam on 11 February.