Pressure mounts as teachers' unions set to call off strike

Trade Union Congress of Kenya Deputy treasurer James Makori(left)Trade Union Congress of Kenya Chairman Tom Odege(center) and Deputy Secretary General,Charles Mukhwaya flanked by KNUT members addressing the media at their offices, they stated that they have moved to court to stop the recruitment of 70,000 teachers. 2/10/15- PHOTO/BEVERLYNE MUSILI

Pressure is mounting on teachers' unions to call off the strike even as they obtained a court order stopping the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) from recruiting contract tutors.

The Standard on Saturday has established that the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) and the Kenya Union of Post Primary Teachers (Kuppet) lawyers’ have advised them to call off the strike today to boost their bargaining power of getting back the withheld September salary.