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Namibian teachers vote for strike

Xinhua, September 19, 2016 Adjust font size:

Namibian teachers have voted for strike action after refusing to accept the government's five percent salary increase offer.

The teachers are demanding an eight percent salary increase but the government said there is no money this financial year.

Instead, the government said it can only pay the teachers a seven percent increase during the 2017/18 financial year.

Following the stalemate, the Namibia National Teachers Union and the Teachers Union of Namibia declared an unresolved dispute that meant they had to vote and decide whether to strike or not.

The two-week voting process ended Sept. 16 and the results that were released Monday show that 20,000 out of 27,000 teachers cast their votes.

Ninety-Five percent of the 20,000 teachers voted for strike action. No date has been set for the strike action though. Endit