“The school is on the verge of collapse”, warns the FSU

“The school is on the verge of collapse“, alerts Tuesday March 19 at the microphone of France Culture Benoît Teste, general secretary of the FSU (United Trade Union Federation), while the public service unions are calling for a strike to obtain salary increases. Teachers also intend to mobilize to denounce the government’s educational policy. Benoît Teste claims in particular to see in the ranks of teachers “a climate, a ferment, a questioning of the policy that is followed“.

The general secretary of the FSU maintains that “the school lacks everything, starting with decent and decent salaries“. According to the trade unionist, these salaries, considered too low, have harmful effects: “We lack workers because salaries are low, professions do not attract“, he explains.

Benoît Teste adds that this “recruitment crisis“explains it”lack of replacements“observed in many establishments, which ultimately contributes to “deteriorating working conditions“.

If 5.7 million public agents mobilize on Tuesday March 19, despite rare inter-union unity in the call for mobilization, representative organizations expect lower percentages of strikers than during the demonstrations against the reform of the retirements at the start of 2023 (15% to 30% of strikers depending on the sector). The scale of the mobilization will be one of the challenges of the day, four months before the Olympic and Paralympic Games, during which the CGT and FO have already promised to file strike notices.