Teachers to Recommence Strike for Higher Wage

8 January 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Education and training / Education policy and administration / Labor / Labor arbitration / Labor policy and administration / Social development
Cambodian Independent Teachers Union / CITA

Teachers around the country will recommence a labor strike today, demanding a raise in salary to $250 per month, teachers and the Cambodian Independent Teachers Union (CITA) said Tuesday. Teachers in Phnom Penh and at least five provinces on Monday began piecemeal strikes after CITA leader Rong Chhun called for a nationwide stay-away last week. However, the strikes on Monday were mostly uncoordinated after Mr. Chhun remained unreachable for three days over the weekend. Last week, he was summoned to appear in court on January 14 on charges allegedly related to his activism. … There are 87,000-plus teachers employed in the country’s 11,370 schools, and CITA has a membership in excess of 10,000. Seng Thy, a teacher at Norodom Ranariddh Primary School in Kompong Speu’s Kong Pisei district, said that all 38 teachers there were unanimous in their decision to strike. …

 Phorn Bopha and Matt Blomberg
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