MONROVIA, June 2 (LINA) – The Monrovia Consolidated School System Teachers Association (MCSSTA) has embarked on an indefinite go-slow action in demand of seven months retroactive salaries for 90 teachers within the system.

According to the president of the MCSSTA, Henry G. Woyea, the Government had promised to pay teachers whose salaries were adjusted as per their qualification by the Civil Service Agency and the Ministry of Finance before the 2013 and 2014 budget year elapsed.

Speaking Monday to journalists shortly after a brief meeting with Defense Minister Brownie Samukai at the William V. S. Tubman High School Campus, Mr. Woyea indicated that teachers have no intention to return to the classrooms until their demands are addressed.

He said the MCSS teachers are demanding seven months retroactive pay for 90 teachers and US$50 transportation allowance, among other benefits that the Liberian Government promised to settle before the end of the budget year.

Meanwhile, the Deputy Minister for Technical Services at the Ministry of Information, Cultural Affairs and Tourism Affairs (MICAT), Robert Kpadeh has indicated that Government is concerned about the plight of the teachers who are critical to the development of the nation.

Minister Kpadeh assured that Defense Minister Samukai will consult Vice President Joseph Boakai about the plight of the MCSS teachers which, he hoped, would be resolved soon.

The Deputy MICAT Boss was among delegates that met with the leadership of the MCSSTA to appeal to the teachers to resume work as negotiations are going on between the government and the leadership.
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