Teachers seek 13th month's salary

Teachers seek 13th month's salary

BANJARMASIN: Hundreds of elementary school teachers in
Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, staged a demonstration at the
Banjarmasin municipality offices on Tuesday, demanding that the
administration pay their 13th month's salary.

The teachers, mostly female, said that the municipality had
promised to pay them in January this year, but so far had failed
to do so.

They said that this was their second rally as their first one
had gone unheeded by the municipality.

Banjarmasin Education Agency director Iskandar claimed that
his agency had urged the central government to disburse the 13th
month's salary to the teachers.

According to Iskandar, the government had promised to pay the
salary in June, and the teachers should be patient.-Antara