“It’s a total catastrophe,” denounces Vincent Fritsch, co-secretary of SNPES-PJJ-FSU.

“It’s a total disaster,” denounces Vincent Fritsch, co-secretary of the SNPES-PJJ-FSU, invited Wednesday, August 14, on franceinfo to talk about the strike led by many educators of the youth justice system. They denounce the non-renewal of around 500 contract workers at the start of the school year in September, news that they only learned on July 31, according to him.

“It is really problematic to have a national management that announces to us that there are unforeseen events in the budget on July 31 and therefore job cuts one month before the start of the school year,” regrets Vincent Fritsch. “unforeseen” linked to poor budget management, according to him: “We were talking about bonuses for the JOP, we were talking about bonuses for Seine-Saint-Denis, etc. and so these bonuses would not have been included in the annual budget of the PJJ.” To compensate for these shortcomings, “The administration therefore decides not to renew contract positions.”

A measure which will be very damaging for the 130,000 young people monitored by PJJ educators, according to him. “The children and adolescents we follow are children in great difficulty, in great social, educational and family insecurity. […] The educators will only have a few days to announce to the families and the young people that the follow-up with them will stop.”