Thursday, March 29, 2007
Teachers in Wassit threaten to go on strike
Security
(VOI) - Teachers in the southern Iraqi province of Wassit threatened, on Wednesday, to suspend working at schools in the province in early April if no salary rise is given, head of teachers union in Wassit said. "Teachers in the teachers union will suspend working at schools on April 1st if no measures are taken to improve their living conditions, including a salary raise," Fadhel Abbas Majid told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).
Teachers in Iraq are given an average of monthly pay of approximately 300,000 Iraqi dinars (approximately $200) in a country where house rent eats up to 150,000 Iraqi dinars. He added, "we also demand a new pay scale that takes into account years of experience and allowances, and offers allowances to cover transportation to and from the school. "The teachers union, a civil society organization, was established in 2004. Most teachers in Wassit province, 180 km southeast of Baghdad, are members of it.
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