Almotamar.net - The Union of teachers and assistant teachers at the University of Sana'a, the Union's Administration Body and all teachers of the university to stage a partial strike beginning of next Saturday to be followed by an all-out strike to be announced on Saturday 19 May.

A statement of the Union, almotamar.net received a copy of it, said the teaching staff members have found themselves forced to resort to a legitimate and legal way that they tried to avoid, i.e. the strike, for the achievement of all the just demands and legitimate rights of the teaching staff at the university.

The union ascribed its call for strike to not beginning in carrying out the executive procedures of the president of the republic election platform with regard to universities in hindering the president's directives concerning residential plots of land for university teachers in addition to not implementing the university decision of distributing the plots of land among the teachers of the university.

The other cause mentioned in the statement regarding the strike is that of not spending the allowance of the nature of work to be added to wages scale and annual increments that was done previously.

Among other causes of the strike the union statement mentioned is non-implementation of agreements reached with the university presidency regarding the solution of retirement, death and promotions. The other cause is related to non-providing comprehensive health insurance that guarantees offering suitable health service to teachers, in addition to other demands.

The union said in its statement that suspending of lifting the strike is connected to meeting all the demands and implementation of all agreements, calling on Sana'a University Administration and concerned government sides to speed up meeting their demands and legitimate rights.

The union also expressed preparedness to make up the students for the period of strike.

Almotamar.net tried to contact officials at the Sana'a University and president of the university to comment on the teachers demands but failed to obtain any clarification or reply as the university officials declined to answer almotamar.net repeated phone calls.