At the call of most trade unions, teachers and national education staff mobilized this Thursday against the health protocol put in place in schools. In Ajaccio, around 250 people gathered in front of the rectorate.
This Thursday morning, in Ajaccio, nearly 250 people gathered in front of the rectorate of Corsica.
Among the strikers massed on Boulevard Lantivy and having responded to this national movement, there are teachers, school teachers and municipal and territorial staff who work in schools on the island. We also meet parents of students.
At the call of a dozen trade union organizations (Snalc, Sgen-Cfdt, STC, FSU, Unsa, FO and FCPE), all came to protest against the terms of the health protocol put in place by the government in the primary and The secondary.
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“We are calling for FFP2 masks, air purifiers and more consultation in order to have confidence in this protocol, proclaim in unison the unions who deplore “dismal working conditions and recruitment problems to deal with the crisis.”
“This is the problem of piloting that arises today, launches Jean-Pierre Luciani, microphone in hand. From the steps of the rectorate, the national secretary of the STC-education continues: “an explicit protocol for January 3 which becomes null and void the next day and the day after. How do you trust us?“
A question that was also asked in Bastia where, at the same time, a rally was taking place before the academic inspection. Among the protesters was the presence of Michel Stefani, regional secretary of the Communist Party in Corsica.
With teachers and national education staff to demand from the government the means essential to the accomplishment of their educational mission pic.twitter.com/TvxaIk1MeD
— Michel Stefani (@MStefanipcf2b) January 13, 2022
“The protocol is not respected”
In Ajaccio, on the side of parents of students, whose FCPE union had called for mobilization, the Covid crisis and its management are also causing misunderstanding. “One of the problems concerns self-tests, says Mélanie, whose daughter, educated in Vico, had to test herself twice this week. As parents, we are supposed to collect the tests for free from pharmacies. However, it is not the case. In addition, there are also many difficulties in replacing absent teachers..”
A little further, Sabrina; explain not “not currently put his daughter in college Laetitia because there are no staff to clean the rooms“. And to add: “the protocol is therefore not respected“.
Very close to retirement, a teacher emphasizes “the courage of the students who have had to wear the mask permanently for more than a year“.
A delegation received by the rector
At the end of the morning, several union representatives met with the rector of Corsica, Jean-Philippe Agresti.We got nothing, not even FFP2 masks and the replacement of absent teachers, confides a trade unionist at the end of the interview.
“We were well received by the rector who listened to us politely, points out Antoine Pedinielli, departmental secretary Se-Unsa. We felt he was compassionate towards us. We also mentioned the postponement of the evaluations in CP class which must take place from January 17. Whether for teachers or students, it would not have changed if they took place a month later in order to pass the peak of the crisis. There too, we had an end of inadmissibility. Same observation for the postponement of educational meetings.“
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Regarding the consequences of this protest movement, nothing is yet defined. “We will first see the first fallout at national and then regional level., says Antoine Pedinielli.
At midday, the Ministry of National Education announced 31% of striking teachers in the country (including 38.5% in kindergarten and primary). Side unions, we advanced the figure of 75% in schools and 62% in colleges and high schools.
“We will also wait for the response from the Ministry of National Education., adds Antoine Pedinielli. Depending on this, we do not refrain from starting a new day of action.”
According to our information, a teacher from the Fesch high school would have launched an appeal “to suspend classes“in the Ajaccien establishment and at”do daycare“with the students.
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