Court strikes out junior school teachers’ bid to break away from Kuppet, Knut

A group of Junior school teachers have lost their bid to form a separate trade union outside the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) and the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut).

The Employment and Labour Relations Court struck out their Constitutional petition challenging the Registrar of Trade Unions’ refusal to approve the proposed Kenya Junior School Teachers Union (KEJUSTU).