The National Federation of Education (FNE) has welcomed the “tremendous support” from teachers and educators for today’s national strike, which has resulted in the closure of more than a hundred schools, according to the first trade union survey.
“FNE congratulates and salutes all teachers and educators for their enormous support for this protest,” emphasizes the federation, which is part of the platform of nine trade union structures that called for a strike this Friday.
Mid-morning, FNE published a two-page list of schools and groups that did not open their doors this Friday: about five dozen in the north, more than two dozen in the Lisbon area and another two dozen in the center and many other schools. and groups in the Alentejo and Algarve regions.
About three weeks into the school year, teachers and educators stopped again today to demand old requirements such as a full accounting of frozen seniority: six years, six months and 23 days.
“Teachers are losing thousands of euros every year because their seniority is not fully accounted for,” said a statement about the strike from the platform, which also includes the National Federation of Teachers (Fenprof).
On Monday, the Prime Minister again rejected the idea of full reimbursement of teachers’ time, saying the cost was “unacceptable for the country” and that “there must be fairness” for all careers in public roles.
Several union leaders warned that the prime minister’s stance would further strengthen support for the strike, ensuring that teachers do not give up and the fight continues.
The end of vacancies for promotion to levels 5 and 7 and assessment quotas are other demands of the platform, which also includes the Independent Union of Teachers and Educators (SIPE) and the National Union of Teachers Licensed by Polytechnics and Universities (SPLIU).
This Friday’s strike marks the end of European Teachers’ Week and comes a day after World Teachers’ Day (5 October).
Next Monday, October 9, it will be the turn of non-teaching workers to go on strike for the valorization of the professions, following advance notice only provided by the National Union of Education Workers (SINAPE), which is also part of the platform. .
According to SINEPE, these professionals have experienced “wage devaluation” since 2010 as their “desks have been ‘swallowed’ by the national minimum wage, without their careers being restructured.”
Fenprof, FNE, ASPL, PRÓ-ORDEM, SEPLEU, SINAPE, SINDEP, SIPE and SPLIU are the nine teachers’ unions participating in the platform.
The school year began with a week of strikes by teachers and non-teaching staff organized by the Union of All Educational Workers (S.TO.P).
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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