Teachers return to work after strike

CHENGDU: Two private schools in Sichuan province resumed operation yesterday after hundreds of teachers ended a strike to protest low salaries and the lack of pensions.

No agreement has been reached between teachers at the Chengdu Foreign Languages School and Chengdu Experimental Foreign Languages School and their owner, the Chengdu-based Derui Group, said an official from the Chengdu Experimental Foreign Languages School.

A huge crowd of students' parents gathered outside the Chengdu Experimental Foreign Languages School before 9 am yesterday morning.