Teachers associations stage road blockade demanding immediate release of long-pending pay revision, arrears

College Teachers Associations staged a road blockade in Madurai on Saturday demanding that the State government take immediate steps to fulfil their long-pending demands.

Members of Madurai Kamaraj, Manonmaniam Sundaranar, Mother Teresa and Alagappa University (MUTA) and Association of University Teachers (AUT), the College Teachers Associations have been jointly conducting continuous protests demanding the immediate release of the long-pending pay revision and arrears that have remained unpaid for four years.

While government college teachers of Tamil Nadu were being granted pay revision and arrears promptly as per G.O.s, the aided college teachers continue to be denied the same. For the past four years, the pay revision and arrears legitimately due to aided college teachers, have been unjustly withheld, they said.

Although it was assured that the pay revision would be implemented by June, no action has been taken so far. In the absence of any progress on the demands, a state-wide road blockade protest was conducted across Tamil Nadu. Prior to the protest, a public awareness meeting was conducted at the venue, they said.

The protest was jointly presided over by MUTA Zone I President Rameshraj and Zone II Vice President Subburaj. MUTA President Periyasami Raja, General Secretary Senthamaraikannan addressed the gathering. Over 150 aided college teachers from Madurai, Virudhunagar, Dindigul, Theni, Ramanathapuram and Sivaganga districts participated in the protest. Leaders from various trade unions also extended their support to the Teachers Associations.