A new day of strikes and demonstrations is scheduled for Thursday 10 November. The mobilization will be particularly strong in transport, but the CGT also calls on all professional sectors to join the movement. In schools, are disruptions already announced? We take stock.
Just after the All Saints holidays, the recovery week promises to be very disrupted in schools. A new day of national and interprofessional strike is scheduled for Thursday, November 10 throughout the territory. The CGT initiated this new movement, calling on all professional sectors, public and private, but also young and retired, to mobilize. National Education is therefore invited to join this strike, even if it is still difficult to know what the degree of commitment of school staff will be, nor to what extent schools, nurseries and centers for young children will be impacted. The various teachers’ unions have not yet communicated. Only the Unitary Union Federation of Education shared a press release on its Twitter account indicating support “the demands of employees on strike on November 10”. Note that this strike comes just before the exceptional long weekend scheduled for this week.
As a reminder, during the strike day of October 18, part of the Education staff was on strike as well as the Atsem. It should also be noted that a second day of mobilization, more minimal it seems, has been announced for Tuesday, November 8. Several trade unions, including SUD éducation Paris, are calling for a strike also during this day to fight against the closure of 7 high schools in Paris.
Watch out for this long weekend of November 11!
As of Monday morning, find out if your child’s school or teacher is mobilizing for the November 10 strike. Because this Thursday is wedged between Wednesday where there is no school, and Friday November 11 which is a public holiday. In fact, your child could find himself on vacation again on Tuesday evening! You will then have little time to organize yourself and find out how to keep it. Be aware, however, that a minimum service is provided in some schools.
Is a minimum reception service maintained in schools?
In the event of a strike in schools, a minimum reception service is provided for by law, under certain conditions. Primary schools must provide a minimum reception service for all their students, when more than 25% of teachers are declared on strike. “A pupil in primary school (kindergarten or elementary) must be welcomed during class time, even if his teacher or mistress is absent. This reception service is free. It is provided differently at public schools and at private school under contract”, indicates the site of the Public Service, according to the law in force since 2008. On the other hand, colleges or high schools are not subject to this obligation. The same applies to crèches and after-school care in the structures.
Are teachers obliged to declare themselves strikers in advance?
The right to strike in National Education responds to a few obligations. In the first degree, school teachers must declare their intention to go on strike in advance, at least 48 hours before the movement, respecting one working day. It is therefore not possible to declare oneself a striker on Friday if the strike takes place on Monday. If the teacher does not inform his management, he incurs a disciplinary sanction, indicates the ministry’s website.
In colleges and high schools, if a notice has already been filed by a union, teachers are not obliged to declare themselves to be on strike in advance. It is up to the management of the establishment to carry out a census of the strikers and to inform the pupils and their families of them in advance. In fact, some teachers also use interactive platforms with students and families to announce their participation or not a few hours before the start of classes. Do not hesitate to contact the school management a few days before or the day before to find out the details of the mobilization to come.
A black Thursday in transport
The transport unions are already planning a Black Thursday with “zero metro, zero RER”. In the Ile-de-France region, students going to school and families must prepare for major disruptions on transport lines. In a press release, the RATP inter-union indicated that the strike notice extends from Wednesday, November 9 at 10 p.m. to Friday, November 11 at 7 a.m.. Disruptions will be known 48 hours in advance. It is therefore recommended that parents and children check in advance on the Internet or on the dedicated mobile application if their transport is insured.
What are the demands of this strike?
As with previous strikes, the same demands are behind the mobilization on Thursday, November 10, in order to obtain “salary increases, the Smic and the automatic indexation of all levels of remuneration to the cost of living”, as well as the defense of full retirement at age 60.