Teachers must be paid this specific set of money

Jun 09, 2016 Letters

Dear Editor,

I would like to know when the Ministry of Finance will be paying teachers their Whitley Council emoluments. Teachers, like myself and many others, who had their tour of Whitley Council since last year January have not been paid since and I am kindly asking those responsible to release the funds to which we are entitled.
I was made to understand that Whitley Council is only paid twice yearly (April and November). However, nonsensical that arrangement is, and the fact that April has passed and nothing was paid, it is quite a shame that entitled teachers would now have to wait until November of this year.
These late payments never happened in the past. Another thing is that we are almost at the halfway mark of 2016 and teachers have not received any uniform allowance or any increases, while the union seems to be in a never-ending bargain mode with the government. It is also left to be seen whether we will receive the debunching monies before the school year comes to a close in a few weeks.
The other mess facing the teaching fraternity and which has financial implications for our teachers too is the stalled 2015 promotions issue. I am one teacher who was affected.
Leon Suseran

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