Teachers in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan have threatened to commit suicide if their salaries are not paid.
The group of 50 teachers have not been paid for ten months and are unable to survive – even though they have been carrying out their duties at their respective primary schools every day. They have threatened to set up a camp where they will go on hunger strike and self immolate if they are not paid.
The teachers have decided to travel to the protest – which will centre in Manzini – by public transport because when they demonstrated last month their hired buses were attacked by security forces. Many leading trade unionists were arrested and the headquarters of SNAT were raided by police.
(via Teachers lead Democracy Struggle in Swaziland | Teacher Solidarity)
