Uneasy truce at Deaf school

School of Deaf Education employees emerging from the Industrial Court yesterday.
School of Deaf Education employees emerging from the Industrial Court yesterday.

The Industrial Court yesterday brokered peace in the Ramotswa Centre for Deaf Education labour crisis, ordering the 35 striking workers to return to duty and their employer to pay their salaries by Friday.

The Industrial Court yesterday brokered peace in the Ramotswa Centre for Deaf Education labour crisis, ordering the 35 striking workers to return to work and their employer to pay their salaries by Friday.

The workers, who comprise house parents, teacher aids, cleaners and groundsmen, downed tools two weeks ago demanding their April salaries, in a development that forced deaf children into kitchen and other duties.

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