SYRIA

Areas held by Autonomous Administration | Teachers go on strike for salary increase in Al-Raqqah and Al-Hasakah

On Mar 27, 2022

With increasing numbers of teachers striking the educational process in Autonomous-Administration held areas in north and east Syria, SOHR activists have reported that teachers in Al-Qahtanyah area in the western countryside of Al-Raqqah have announced their strike to exert pressure on Autonomous-Administration and demand a pay increase.

This coincided with a strike initiated by teachers in Al-Arisha educational complex in Al-Hasakah countryside to demand a pay rise too.

On March 25, SOHR sources reported that teachers in the western countryside of Al-Raqqah issued a statement on March 24, announcing starting a strike and suspension of work until the Autonomous Administration fulfil their demands. Meanwhile, teachers at schools in the countryside of Al-Tabaqah started a similar strike, where they demanded salary increase, equality, improvement of their living conditions, dissolution of the Teacher’s Union and restructure of the education commission.

This development coincides with strikes by teachers of schools in Deir Ezzor and Al-Hasakah countryside, where the teachers have also demanded an increase in salaries and improvement of education.

On March 23, SOHR activists reported renewed popular protests in areas controlled by SDF in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, where residents in Al-Jarazi Al-Sharqi town staged a protest, condemning the deteriorating living conditions, poor services and the lack of fuel. The residents also set fire to tyres.

While on March 20, SOHR activists reported that teachers and employees in Al-Shafa’a town in Deir Ezzor countryside went on a strike, protesting against low salaries, and in response to a call to strike in Deir Ezzor countryside, where people in several villages and towns participated in the strike.

Teachers demanded higher salaries and called to activate the role of organizations in the area and provide these organisations working freedom without imposing taxes on them, and appoint school guards in different SDF-held areas.