LISTEN: Public School Teachers in Antigua Protest Over Retroactive Pay
Teachers at all government primary, secondary, and tertiary schools are protesting, as advised by their union, due to dissatisfaction over the lack of retroactive pay.
Despite having attended school, they have chosen to set down their chalk and dusters.
Sharon Kelsick, the General Secretary of the Antigua and Barbuda Teachers Union, told Antigua.news that the action will continue until all teachers who are owed retroactive pay receive their money.
The new academic year opened on Monday.
Listen to Kelsick as she spoke to Journalist Shermain Bique-Charles
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