On Monday, protests erupted in the city of Al-Sulaymaniyah as demonstrators called for the resolution of salary-related issues and expressed solidarity with hunger strikers protesting deteriorating living conditions in the Kurdistan Region.
The striking teachers presented their demands in four points:

1. Respect for human dignity in the Kurdistan Region and the rule of law
2. Localization of employee salaries at the federal banks
3. Respecting Kurdistan citizens through the distribution of their salaries every thirty days and returning their salary arrears
4. Starting the process of the Kurdistan Region employees' promotions and allowances.

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has not paid 16 salaries in 2014-2024, while 44 salaries have been paid in arrears.
The total amount of salaries that the KRG owes is 22 trillion and 580 billion dinars.
The striking teachers are demanding the resumption of promotions that have been suspended since 1/1/2016, which means that each salaried employee has not been promoted twice.
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has announced that the total monthly salaries of employees and pensioners are about one trillion dinars.

The Kurdistan Region has several monthly revenues but does not disclose all:

- 320 billion dinars domestic revenue
- 20 billion dinars of International coalition aid for Peshmerga forces
- 200 billion dinars of oil revenue (not returned to the treasury of the Ministry of Finance)
- 760 billion dinars from Baghdad 

Total revenues of the Kurdistan Region in 2024:

- KRG Share from Baghdad: 10 trillion and 26 billion dinars
- Domestic revenue: 4 trillion 347 billion dinars
- Coalition aid: 240 billion dinars
- Oil revenue for the government: 2 trillion 353 billion dinars

The total revenue of the Kurdistan Region in 2024 will be 16 trillion 966 billion dinars