Suriname: Teachers end industrial action

The Federation of Teachers' Organisations in Suriname says it will suspend the industrial action taken by teachers last week.

FOLS President Marcellino Nerkust said the leadership met over the weekend to evaluate the situation and afterwards made the decision to end the industrial action.

The teachers have been leaving school mid-morning daily since last week in support of the wider action taken by trade unions to get the government to reduce the rates for electricity.

FOLS said it has written to Education, Science, and Culture Minister Henry Ori informing him of the decision to end the industrial action.