Court suspends teachers' strike
The Employment and Labour Relations Court has suspended the teachers strike that almost clocked a month since it was called on Tuesday September 1.
The strike has been suspended for a period of 90 days during which an independent mediator is to be appointed to hear the dispute between the teachers and their employer.
The mediator is to be appointed within a period of thirty days from the day of the ruling.
Judge Nelson Abuodha had set today to make ruling after listening to submissions from lawyers representing the employer (Teachers Service Commission, TSC) and the teachers unions on September 15.
The TSC wanted the court to declare the strike illegal and compel teachers to go back to classrooms.
But the teachers had said that they will not go back to classrooms without the TSC honouring a court ruling to award them 50 – 60% salary increases.
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