For the past two Sundays, the Sunday school teachers of St. Mary & St. Mark’s Coptic Othodox Church have been striking. They are protesting what they claim is unsafe working conditions and non-existent pay. They claim they want more than the heavenly reward. So after much negotiation with Abouna and the church board, the Sunday school teachers came away claiming victory with a 75% pay increase ending the two week deadlock. The victory was short-lived when the teachers reaslized 75% of 0 was still 0.