The employees of the executive offices in the governorate of Taiz, southwest of Yemen, have continued to raise red badges since last Sunday, to require all government institutions to pay their overdue salaries.
The Council for Coordination of Trade Unions and Civil Society Organizations called on all workers in the various state facilities, offices and institutions in Taiz to raise the red badges, from Sunday to the end of the week, as a first activity in order to claim their rights.
In the same context, “Al Araby Al-Jadeed” website, quoting a member of the Educational Forum Committee in Taiz Governorate, Abdul Jalil Al-Sharari, said that the educators had previously formed a committee to communicate with the leaders of the governorate regarding late salaries, and work to find the necessary solutions ”and alleviate the suffering of teachers as a result Not to hand over the December salaries, as well as the differences, annual bonuses and settlement, but the local authority has not shown any interest or response to the committee, and deliberately stalled in finding a solution to the teachers ’problems. He pointed out that teachers and educators organized a protest march "to condemn the delay in the payment of salaries and procrastination by the relevant authorities without interest."
Al-Sharari told “Al Araby Al-Jadeed” that the committee decided to escalate the protests by “lifting the red badges for a week, and in case of non-response, we will begin a comprehensive strike against work until the demands of the teachers are fulfilled and their salaries and arrears are paid,” noting that the government committed itself to earlier With the payment of one month's salary in the 11 months of 2017-2018, in addition to the salaries that are regularly disbursed.
Government employees have been claiming their salary cuts since 2016, in addition to annual bonuses, adjustments, and allowances, while teachers demand the salary for last December.
The Coordination Council of Syndicates and Civil Society Organizations (Metin) consists of a number of organizations and unions, namely the Teachers ’Union, the Engineers’ Union, the Medical Syndicate, the Pharmacists ’Union, the Lawyers’ Union, the Workers ’Union, the Tax Staff Union, the Revolution Hospital Hospital’s Syndicate and the Retired Union, the Ovens and Bakeries Syndicate, The Workers 'Union, the Federation of Crafts and Electronic Associations, the Yemeni Students' Union, Taiz University, the Marginalist Coordinator, the Education Council for Private Education, the Justice and Equity Organization, and the Yemen Rights Organization.
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