The Court of Arbitration extended the minimum services already in place in schools to the next week, March 13-17, while maintaining the mandatory three-hour daily classes.
It was a unanimous decision made on Wednesday by an arbitration panel after reviewing a minimum service request for a strike called by the Union of All Education Workers (STOP) for teachers and other workers from March 13 to 17.
The commitments that have already been set for the STOP strike from Feb. 27 to March 10 remain, meaning schools will have to continue to have three hours of preschool and 1st cycle classes, as well as three daily classroom instruction periods. in the 2nd and 3rd cycles and in secondary education, it is necessary to guarantee weekly coverage of various subjects.
In addition to classes, support is again guaranteed for students who benefit from complementary measures within inclusive education, therapeutic support, support for students in vulnerable situations, enrollment of students in units integrated into Learning Support Centers, and continuity of measures aimed at social-emotional well-being .
As regards the necessary funds, the decision clarifies that “those funds shall be made available which are strictly necessary for the performance of the minimum services described, school by school, in accordance with the size and number of pupils attending it.”
At the end of February, the Court of Arbitration also determined the minimum services for the March 2 and 3 regional strikes called by a platform of nine trade union organizations, including the National Federation of Teachers (Fenprof) and the National Federation of Education (FNE). ).
A platform strike took place in schools in the north and center of the country on 2 March and in the center and south the following day, with nine unions challenging the Ministry of Education’s claim.
The platform announced this week that it would appeal to the Court of Appeal, as happened during the 2018 strikes.
In mid-February, Fenprof’s general secretary said the trade union organizations would demand the minister’s resignation if the court agreed with the unions and found the minimum service illegal.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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