Nepal teachers call for strike

by E Wayne Ross on June 8, 2009

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The Institutional School Teachers’ Union Sunday called a strike in around 6,000 schools in Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur, demanding better pay and working conditions. The strike is to be followed by a Kathmandu Valley strike Monday called by the Maoist-affiliated Newa Mukti Morcha, that is demanding an autonomous state for the Newar community, the original residents of the valley.