Thursday marks the first day of the national mobilization against the pension reform.
The Snuipp-FSU, the leading primary union, predicted on Tuesday that 70% of primary school teachers would be on strike on Thursday, as part of a national mobilization against pension reform.
“This figure of 70% of strikers is not a surprise because we feel that the question of retirement is a major concern for teachers.“Explained to AFP Guislaine David, general secretary of Snuipp-FSU, the first primary union.
According to the trade unionist, “it’s about the same numbers as December 5, 2019”. During the last major mobilization against the pension reform more than three years ago, the world of education was strongly mobilized, with a rate of strikers reaching 70% in primary education according to the Snuipp-FSU, against 55% according to the ministry.
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At least a third of schools closed
In Paris, the Snuipp-FSU plans Thursday “70% of striking teachers and at least a third of schools completely closed”he said in a tweet on Tuesday. “They do not want this pension reform, so they will say it massively on Thursday in the street, and they will continue to say it”warned Guislaine David.
According to her, “we can ask ourselves the question of arduous work in the teaching profession. Because if we work until the age of 64, 65 or even 67, we can wonder what state we will be in”she added.
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“We already have many colleagues who report at the end of their career musculoskeletal disorders, difficulties in the back. We also have the question of noise and tinnitus (…) It is a fact: teachers are tired at the end of their career»she continued.
At the same time, the government “does not want to revalue the end of career. Which therefore means that it will be necessary to work longer but with the same salary, so the retirement will not be stronger for all that.», Regrets Guislaine David.
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