The General Secretariat of the Teachers Syndicate called on male and female teachers to “participate massively in the general assemblies, at three o’clock tomorrow afternoon, Monday, and if the quorum is not completed at four o’clock with those who attended in all branches, provided that the official results are issued on the same day with a recommendation to the Executive Council after Vote on the warning strike next Wednesday and authorize the council to take escalatory steps.
And it announced in a statement: “The General Secretariat confirms once again that the current circumstances are exceptional, and therefore they require exceptional positions from those concerned, that help teachers to withstand this political, economic and living storm that threatens their continuity in performing this humanitarian profession in the first place, before we talk about the risks.” The continuation of the current academic year in the private sector, and for this purpose the Executive Council of the Syndicate held meetings with political and educational actors, and a meeting was held with the Federation of Private Educational Institutions and an agreement was reached on a series of items, in which we hope that the parties adhere to them, especially preserving the unity of legislation by increasing salaries three times in Lebanese pounds, in addition to securing urgent aid in foreign currency to keep pace with the sharp rise in the exchange rate of the dollar, which has reached unprecedented levels, while preserving the gains in some private institutions and working to improve them.We also call for an urgent increase in the transportation allowance, starting from next February 1. In line with the insane rise in fuel prices.
She added: “The practical and actual commitment of the institutions to these provisions may save the sector from the inevitability of collapse, and enable teachers to overcome this existential crisis for them in this mission profession, and preserve their dignity and their living role first in their small families, and secondly in their large educational family across the country, and beyond.” This means the collapse of the sector on everyone’s heads, and here we affirm that we are not amateurs of strikes, and we have endured a lot and withstood since the beginning of the current school year, and faced the conditions with great difficulty, but the crisis has escalated in an accelerating and unprecedented manner, affecting all sectors in the country, including the educational sector.
And she concluded: “We are concerned with preserving the academic year and are keen to continue it, but we are waiting for steps from those concerned to help us in that, and God is our best helper.”
