Strike by French-speaking teachers on November 26: “It is not classes, but entire schools that will have to close”

Why the non-commercial is taking to the streets this Thursday: “We do this work with the heart, but we are exhausted”

Even if he cannot confirm figures at present, Luc Toussaint assures that he has “never seen such participation rates“According to him, the mobilization of teachers will affect both official and Catholic education.”I think this is going to be one of the most followed strikes in a very long time.“, he confirms.

Classes in FWB schools should therefore be seriously disrupted next Tuesday. If the participation rates put forward by the unions are confirmed, Luc Toussaint is convinced: “It is not a few classes that will have to close, but entire schools“.

The welcome guaranteed in the fundamental

If schools find themselves without a teacher next Tuesday, management will have to welcome the students. A reality more followed in basic education, where the care of the youngest is compulsory.

In secondary education, the doors of establishments will not be closed, but Luc Toussaint believes “that in general, there are far fewer children who show up when a majority of teachers have confirmed that they will be on strike“.

Here’s why teachers will be on strike on November 26 in French-speaking schools

Concern about working conditions

The teachers intend, through this strike movement, to express their fears raised by the community policy declaration unveiled last July by the MR-Engagés majority.

Among these, Luc Toussaint points out the end of appointments replaced by permanent contracts, the “definancing of establishments” and teacher qualification pathways, but above all the rationalization of qualifying teaching options which, according to him, could lead to “a loss of more than 500 jobs“.