May 1: Dijon teachers in the street to defend salaries

Like many of her teaching colleagues in Côte-d’or, Christine Bernery, also co-secretary of the majority Snuipp-Fsu union in the department, finds that for many years “salaries are not up to par in the profession, especially in end of career. Today, Christine Bernery will start the event at 10:30 a.m., Place Wilson in Dijon.

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The defense of public services is one of the common points of those who will be in the streets this Wednesday. Christine Bernery says it clearly “working more to earn more, it doesn’t work“ and you have to have time to be able to work more in weeks that are already more than 40 hours long, she explains. For several years, the unionist teacher has seen the working conditions of teachers deteriorate. “The teachers are running everywherethey have injunctions every four mornings, the school programs also change every four mornings, not to mention the overcrowded classes and the inclusion of students in difficulty which is poorly implemented in many establishments“.

A loss of meaning in work

Christine Bernery recognizes it, the deterioration of working conditions among teachers but more broadly, throughout the public service leads to a real “loss of meaning in the exercise of the profession”.

The co-secretary of the Snuipp-FSU union also says that many of her female colleagues have difficulty making ends meet and that teachers are part of A managers (civil service classification) who are the least well paid. In recent years, the government has carried out salary increases for teachers, particularly among young hires, which is why there will be none in 2024. “All of this will clearly not encourage young people to get started” reacts Christine Bernery. “we must not forget that the problem of recruiting teachers today is largely due to the question of salaries”.

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