The Samagi Education Workers’ Union and the Joint Trade Union Alliance are demanding that the government provide a Rs. 25,000 allowance to principals and teachers until the serious salary discrepancies in the public service are eliminated.
The Trade Union Alliance also emphasizes that it is demanding that the government increase the salaries of teacher principals in the next budget according to the Subodhani Committee.
Even Wasantha Samarasinghe and Mahinda Jayasinghe, who hold ministerial posts in the current government, have fought on the streets against the Ranil-Rajapaksa government in the past to increase the salaries of teachers and principals, so this government is well aware of the problem, said Priyantha Pathberiya, National Trade Union Secretary of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya.
He emphasizes that the current government said before the election that it would increase the salaries of teachers and principals and that the salaries of the entire public service would be increased by 25,000