“Many schools completely closed”, what to expect in national education

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“Let's not let this happen”: this is the slogan of the SNUipp-FSU, the unitary national union of teachers and school teachers, as Thursday December 5, 2024 approaches, which will sign a day of massive strike in elementary schools.

The number of strikers promises to be high

More generally, it is the majority of public service unions who are “calling for a day of action, rallies, demonstrations and strikes throughout the country” for this Thursday. And in fact, many elementary schools are impacted.

For the moment, the majority union in elementary schools does not yet know the rate of strikers and closed schools – because teachers have until this evening to declare themselves – but it already tells us the trend.

« A prioriwe are going to have many schools closedand a very large number of strikers. School teachers are extremely mobilized on this strike, everyone feels affected, and so anger has gradually increased,” Guislaine David, spokesperson for Snuipp-FSU, told us straight away, joined by actu.fr.

If many schools risk being completely closed (daycares and canteens included), it is also because after-school leaders will also be massively on strike.

There will be no extracurricular staff to ensure the minimum reception system normally put in place by communities.

Unprecedented movement?

Thus, the movement promises to be very followed. Or even completely new? “It is too early to assure this,” reiterates the spokesperson.

“Already during the pension reform, and during the anti-Blanquer mobilizations, we had big movements, we don't know if it will be as massive, but it seems to be increasing very gradually over the last 15 days, and there it is confirmed that it is well followed », Anticipates Guislaine David.

What is certain is that there will be a massive mobilization in the streets, “with large processions of teachers.” The SNUipp also lists 131 mobilization points, and details actions by city in France, in a map.

Salary freeze, sick leave compensation, etc.

In the sights of the teaching unions, several things: the reduction in compensation for sick leave and the transition to a three-day waiting period in the event of a stoppage, salary freezeand the job cuts announced.

We, the teachers, when we are in a class, we cannot escape certain illnesses, but we cannot come to work sick. So co-workers feel guilty for being sick.

“And then as we do not have this sick leave compensation like private sector employees, we have this feeling of injustice, and of loss of money in a context where the teaching profession is less and less attractive. And where our working conditions are already degraded,” lists the SNUipp spokesperson.

Many reasons that “crystallize anger”

According to her, perhaps the probability of a government resigning (in connection with the 49-3 tabled by Michel Barnier and the motion of censure) would be an additional factor of mobilization for those who are undecided.

Many teachers were also shocked by the comments of former President of the Republic Nicolas Sarkozy, whom teaching unions describe as “teacher-bashing”. And for good reason: the former President stigmatized the work of teachers, believing that France did not have the means to have a million teachers.

“It’s 24 hours a week […] six months of the year […] Between holidays and weekends…”, he said at the beginning of November.

Clearly, many factors “crystallize anger”.

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