Jul 7, 2021
Teachers Union Heads to Court Over Salary Cuts
Attorneys-at-law Magali Perdomo and Darrell Bradley will be representing the Belize National Teachers Union in their case against the Government of Belize over the ten percent salary cut. The case comes up next week. Following today’s Senate Meeting, B.N.T.U. National President Elena Smith shared some details of the case.
Senator Elena Smith, National President, B.N.T.U.
“The matter was filed in court, and we are looking at the matter of the ten percent, and we are simply looking at it from the angle of the contracts that our teachers have signed. Teachers, we know they do sign contracts, and those contracts indicate what their salaries should be and for what period. And, as such we are saying, because you have contract, for the Government to just go and cut your salaries, it has an impact on the contract you have signed. And so that is the angles we are using in going to court.”
Jul 5, 2021
Teachers to Vote on Options for Reduced Hours; Salary Court Case Begins July 16th
The Belize City Branch of the Belize National Teachers Union issued an update to its membership today informing them that the virtual court hearing on the claim filed about the ten percent salary cut is scheduled for July sixteenth. The release also noted that the union will be collaborating with the Ministry of Health to conduct a health fair on the COVID-19 vaccine. Also according to the internal memo, the Ministry of Education has presented teachers with three options to work five hours less each week. The first option is to reduce each workday by one hour. The second option is to utilize a four-day work week and a blended learning approach. The third and final option is to utilize a half-hour earlier dismissal from Monday to Thursday, and half-day off on Fridays. The release also noted that the B.N.T.U. will be selling essential food items from its headquarters at a lower