Teachers in Al Jazeera state launch strike

 On Sunday, Teachers in Al-Jazeera state launched a statewide strike following the state’s Ministry of Finance refusal to engage with their assigned Teachers’ Committee, which had previously submitted a memorandum outlining several demands on June 6th,  2026.

 In a statement released Sunday, the Teachers’ Committee reported an unprecedented and widespread response to the strike on its first day across Al-Jazeera state’s districts, with participation rates ranging from (97%) to (99.9%) across Elementary, Middle, and High schools.

 The assigned Committee added that reports from administrative units demonstrated an exceptional level of commitment from teachers to the announced strike program, which naturally served to highlight their unity and the teachers’ unwavering demand for their legitimate rights.

 Furthermore, the Teachers’ Committee, representing teachers in the state, submitted a memorandum to the state government on June 6th demanding the disbursement of outstanding financial entitlements and the adjustment of the minimum wage to be commensurate with the current living conditions and notable inflation rates, all in an effort to ensure that workers in the education sector would be able to live with dignity and achieve social as well as familial stability.

 In addition, the memorandum demanded the disbursement of outstanding financial entitlements which includes; Salaries for the year of 2023, the remaining (40%) of the four months’ arrears for the same year, and the full (12 months) salaries for the year of 2024. Moreover, the Teachers are demanding the disbursement of accumulated annual dues, the differences related to the cash alternative grant for workers, as well as the clothing allowance that has been delayed for four full years, and the frozen allowances and bonuses.

 In addition, the teachers, with the initiation of a strike, are demanding the housing allowance be applied retroactively from January 1st, 2025, calling for the allowance for removing wage discrepancies to be disbursed from March 1st, 2026.