Teachers demand years of unpaid salaries
Teachers demand years of unpaid salaries
BOGOR (JP): Thirty teachers from Yapindo Foundation's Ganesha
School in Bogor protested at the City Council building on
Wednesday demanding the foundation immediately pay them 12 years
owed salary.
They claim the foundation owes some Rp 180 million (US$15
million) to teachers and employees of the school, saying they
have not been paid since 1988.
"We want the foundation to pay our salaries and we want
details on every pay slip," a teacher said.
The teachers met with Council Speaker M. Sahid and members of
Commission E for social welfare and foundation representatives.
The councilors promised to soon work on the case.
The group, comprising junior and senior Ganesha High school
teachers, also demanded the foundation pay the balance of their
salaries from July 1999 to February this year.
"The foundation only paid half of our salaries in that period.
"We don't want the money to be paid in installments," one of
the teachers complained, adding that the matter had to be solved
within a month.
The teachers said the foundation had repeatedly promised to
fulfill its obligation and disburse their salaries but had failed
to do so.
M. Sahid suggested that the group meet with Bogor Mayor Iswara
Natanegara and the local office of the Ministry of Education and
Culture, but the teachers rejected the idea.
"We have met with the mayor about this case before ... but
still the foundation has not paid us," another teacher said,
adding that the ministry office merely dealt with the school
curriculum, not administrative matters.
Foundation representative Rusman acknowledged that the
management had failed to comply with the teachers' demand.
"We will do the best we can to pay the salaries of the
teachers and employees," Rusman said.
Sahid urged the foundation not to delay payment.
"You have to pay the salaries based on current values and
economic conditions and deductions must be itemize on the pay
slips," Sahid said.
After hearing the foundation's promises, the four-hour meeting
concluded with an agreement to sign an accord on Thursday.
(21/edt)