{"id":321,"date":"2025-08-21T09:32:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T09:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wananchipost.com\/?p=321"},"modified":"2025-08-21T09:32:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T09:32:43","slug":"public-university-lecturers-threaten-strike-over-delayed-research-allowances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wananchipost.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/public-university-lecturers-threaten-strike-over-delayed-research-allowances\/","title":{"rendered":"Public University Lecturers Threaten Strike Over Delayed Research Allowances"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" src=\"https:\/\/wananchipost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/multiracial-people-wearing-face.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-323\" style=\"width:800px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lecturers from all public universities have issued a 21-day ultimatum to the government, threatening to lay down their tools if long-overdue research and teaching allowances are not paid in full.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>The staff unions allege that the government has failed to honor a collective bargaining agreement signed three years ago. \u201cHow do they expect quality research and teaching when we are demoralized and financially strained?\u201d asked the leader of the lecturers&#8217; forum. A strike would disrupt the upcoming end-of-semester examinations for thousands of students.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lecturers from all public universities have issued a 21-day ultimatum to the government, threatening to lay down their tools if long-overdue research and teaching allowances are not paid in full. The staff unions allege that the government has failed to honor a collective bargaining agreement signed three years ago. \u201cHow do they expect quality research [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/wananchipost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/medium-shot-people-protesting-wi.png",740,749,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/wananchipost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/medium-shot-people-protesting-wi.png",740,749,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/wananchipost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/medium-shot-people-protesting-wi.png",740,749,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/wananchipost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/medium-shot-people-protesting-wi.png",148,150,false],"medium":["https:\/\/wananchipost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/medium-shot-people-protesting-wi.png",296,300,false],"large":["https:\/\/wananchipost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/medium-shot-people-protesting-wi.png",740,749,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/wananchipost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/medium-shot-people-protesting-wi.png",740,749,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/wananchipost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/medium-shot-people-protesting-wi.png",740,749,false]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"hassan","author_link":"https:\/\/wananchipost.com\/index.php\/author\/hassan\/"},"rttpg_comment":1,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/wananchipost.com\/index.php\/category\/education\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Education<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Lecturers from all public universities have issued a 21-day ultimatum to the government, threatening to lay down their tools if long-overdue research and teaching allowances are not paid in full. 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