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Teachers demonstrated in Chartres to the sound of summer music

CGT flag flying in the wind, floral shorts and sunglasses. About fifteen education professionals gathered on Thursday January 20, at 12:30 p.m., in front of the Academic Inspectorate in Chartres. “Some establishments remain very mobilized, some professionals are striking in front”, want to believe Thibaut Lemière, co-secretary of the South Department of Education. “Everyone did their own thing. There will be more people on January 27, during the interprofessional mobilization, ”thinks Laure Apcher, departmental secretary of the CGT Educ’action.

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The two unions organized a “good child” action, which changes classic strikes. Some had taken out their best summer outfit, music was coming from the speakers, and a person with a mask bearing the image of the Minister of Education was dancing; so many nods to the controversy linked to the announcement of the back-to-school health protocol, communicated by Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer … while he was in Ibiza.

In Chartres, teachers hang fabric masks on the door of the National Education services in protest

While a national strike call had been launched, Chartres professionals wanted to “show [qu’ils] are still there”. They demand “an increase in wages” and “masks”.

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They consider the measures announced after the January 13 strike insufficient. “The use of contractors is a false solution. Calling retirees, bringing them to a source of contamination when they are vulnerable either… As for the masks, we don’t know when we will receive them. We’re at the peak of the epidemic, we should have them now! »

The unions are also asking for a postponement of the anticipated bac exams.

Five of the six education assistants from the Marcel Proust college in Illiers Combray were present in Chartres. Supported by the staff of the canteen, which had closed its doors on Thursday, they demonstrated in Chartres for a “recognition of [leur] profession” and “tenure of fixed-term contracts”.

Berenice Poulin

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