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\u00a0Public school teachers across Antigua have launched a sit-in today, demanding the government address years of unpaid allowances and benefits owed to them. The industrial action follows a directive from the Antigua and Barbuda Union of Teachers (A&BUT), which has called for all public school teachers to participate until their demands are met.<\/p>\n
A letter from A&BUT President Casroy Charles outlined the union’s decision after the Ministry of Education and other relevant entities failed to deliver outstanding payments by the noon deadline this past Friday.<\/p>\n
The letter emphasized the government’s neglect to fulfill its financial obligations to educators, stating, \u201cThe Ministry of Education and the other entities who are tasked with the responsibility of issuing all outstanding payments for allowances failed to issue the obligatory remuneration to all of the deserving individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n
The union has specifically identified three categories of allowances that have not been paid for several years.<\/p>\n
These include the Technical Vocational Disciplines Allowances covering the period from 2018 to 2024, the Travel and Telephone Allowances designated for Principals and Deputy Principals for the years 2018 to 2023, and the Outstanding Ex gratia Payments for Heads of Department for the period from 2018 to 2021.<\/p>\n
As a result of the sit-in, operations at primary and secondary schools throughout the island have been significantly disrupted, leaving parents and students in a state of uncertainty regarding classes and educational activities.<\/p>\n
The A&BUT has stated that it will continue the sit-in until satisfactory resolutions are achieved regarding the overdue payments.<\/p>\n
The situation remains tense as teachers advocate for their rights and the overdue remuneration they believe is justly owed to them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0Public school teachers across Antigua have launched a sit-in today, demanding the government address years of unpaid allowances and benefits owed to them. The industrial action follows a directive from the Antigua and Barbuda Union of Teachers (A&BUT), which has…","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":341283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[235,9,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-341282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage-carousel","category-news","category-regional"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n