His face looks pale and tired due to the cancer treatment he has received for several years. Have breast cancer and herniated discs in the spine. For 32 years he educated thousands of Guayaquil children. Her name is Mabel Riofrío, 54 years old, who in 2019 retired due to disability to take advantage of the economic stimulus, as established (for teachers in the public sector) in the twenty-first transitory provision of the Constitution; but, so far you do not receive that benefit.
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She is part of at least 11,000 retired teachers who, from 2008 to the present, claim partial or total payments of their salaries, ranging from $ 18,000 to $ 53,000 for more than three decades of service.
The government is turning its back on us by not listening to our request. We want to be paid what by law corresponds to us and that is the result of our work.
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In Zone 8, which includes the Guayaquil, Durán and Samborondón cantons, there are 1,500 retired teachers that are waiting for those values to be canceled.
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Despite his health, Riofrío and dozens of retirees from the province attended a press conference called by the Unionist Federation of Education Workers of Ecuador (FUTE), together with members of the April 13 Retirees Confederation, to publicize their problems and the actions they will take.
They showed posters that had written the request they are making: the payment of the retirement incentive that the Government owes them, which amounts to 650 million dollars.
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Riofrío points out that this retirement incentive it would help you pay for medical exams and for medicines you must take daily for your illness.
“Due to an incorrect issuance of a staff action by the educational district, the voucher has not been delivered”He mentions, when indicating that he has sent letters to the Undersecretary of Education of Zone 8 and the district to which he belonged, but they do not provide a solution or inform him what is happening.
The payment schedule must be met, since we are a few months away from the end of this government and whoever comes will want to draw up their own calendar and that will be a waste of time.
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Other retired teachers live in a similar situation. Martha Alarcón, 64, who is hypertensive and has a hyperthyroidism problem, says that the Social Security pension is not enough for him to buy certain medicines, which worsens his health. “I have to go to a private doctor because at the IESS they give me an appointment after three months,” argues the initial education teacher who retired in 2016, after having worked in the public prosecutor’s office for more than 40 years.
I don’t know if I will have the strength to continue claiming my rights. I hope that the Government will pay us what it owes us, before more colleagues die without seeing their money.
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Bolívar Potes, president of FUTE, recalls that in January 2019, the Government undertook to pay part of the debt owed. “Two years have passed and not all the items have been canceled, nor have all retired teachers been paid,” he says, lamenting that many of his colleagues have catastrophic illnesses and cannot wait any longer, while others have died. without receiving what by law corresponds to them.
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Potes assured that since 2019 the Government has signed agreements and acts of commitments for the cancellation of these values, but so far they have not been made effective.
Some teachers had part of their retirement canceled in cash and part in bonds. Many started lawsuits and won, but have not yet been paid.
“They have deceived us. The government is indolent, promised to pay us compensation and has not. What Social Security pays us is not enough for us, ”says Jenny Jara, 65, another teacher who has retired since 2015.
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She taught for 42 years in different educational establishments. When he retired, he thought that he could finally rest and benefit from the fruits of his work. “But it has not been that way. I have been asking for that compensation for six years, but I only receive promises, but nothing concrete. “Hopefully and I do not die before enjoying that benefit, together with my family”he adds.
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Teachers require immediate cash payment to retirees 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. “If we do not have an answer, we are forced to go out into the streets,” said Potes, indicating that an example of non-compliance is that of 1,100 deceased teachers, the Government has barely paid 50 family members.
A sit-in to demand their rights
A group of retired teachers from Guayaquil They will carry out this Tuesday, March 16, a sit-in in the Plaza San Francisco, October 9 and Pedro Carbo, In the city center. “Although many of us are sick, we will be in the fight so that the authorities know that we are still alive and with the strength to demand our rights,” said one of the retired teachers. The concentration will be at 10:00 and they do not rule out doing it twice a week, until they achieve the goal.
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