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In front of the Jeju Provincial Office of Education, on the morning of the 3rd, the Jeju branch of the National Union of Non-Regular School Workers is holding a ‘national care strike declaration and press conference to convict the superintendent ‘. News 1
The clash between the ‘care union’ and the teachers’ organizations intensifies as irregular workers working in primary school care classes have announced a general strike on the 6th. Although the strike has come within two days, The Ministry of Education has not found a clear solution, so only parents who use the care class feel anxious.
Career union announces general strike on 6
Students study remotely in the care class at Deungwon Elementary School in Gangseo-gu, Seoul. News 1
The care union is demanding the withdrawal of a special bill (full day care law) on the operation and support of a full-day care system prepared by the Ministry of Education, and the conversion of a full-time caregiver He works part-time to a full-time eight-hour system.
On the 4th, a press conference was held at the National Association of Non-regular School Workers, which belonged to the assistance personnel, and it was argued that “the metropolitan and provincial education offices are in charge of promoting the strike, ignoring the request for extension to part-time care staff “. He announced that he would go on strike.
According to School Fee Solidarity, around 7,000, more than half of the 13,000 full-time care workers in 17 cities and provinces across the country, decided to participate in the general strike on the 6th.
On the other hand, the ‘Seoul Primary Care Class Local Government Integration Promotion Committee’ and the Teachers Union Federation held a press conference on the same day and demanded that care laws be enacted throughout the year. day as soon as possible. These organizations argued that “the departments responsible for primary care and the operating entity are dispersed,” and argued that “the law of all-day care should be enacted and the operating entity should be integrated into local governments for quality public care. “.
Around the clock method of care, local government transfer of primary care
On the morning of the 20th, when primary school first to third graders started online, students who requested emergency care at a primary school in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, came to the classroom and saw the EBS broadcasts. Yunhap news
The All Day Care Law is a bill that integrates care services administered by three ministries, including the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, and requires that state and local governments oversee them. In the National Assembly, the bills of the Democratic Party legislator Kwon Chil-seung and the Open Democratic Party legislator Kang Min-jeong, respectively, were proposed.
Apart from this, the Ministry of Education is preparing a bill that provides space for care classrooms and local governments are in charge of operating and managing according to the government-driven day care system.
Caregivers argue that if metropolitan and provincial education offices are not responsible for school care and the local government is in charge of school care, there is a possibility that the care class will be entrusted to the private sector. There is concern that this could worsen the treatment of carers and lead to dismissal from the group.
On the other hand, teacher organizations such as the Korean Teachers Federation and KTU demand that school care be completely transferred to local governments to ease the burden of teachers’ work. It is a position that if the Ministry of Health and Welfare ensures the corresponding budget and distributes it to local governments, the working conditions of the care personnel will improve if the care operating system is established.
The Ministry of Education proposed a council,
A teacher measures the body temperature of students attending school in an emergency care class operated by an elementary school in Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do. Yunhap news
The Ministry of Education considers that legislation is absolutely necessary to complete the system of all-day care, which is being promoted as a national task. However, as the views of the care union and the teaching organization are contradictory, it has been announced that the discussion will continue by organizing a ‘council for the improvement of elementary care management’, in which the care union, the group of teachers, the group of parents, the Ministry of Education and the metropolitan office of education.
An official from the Ministry of Education said: “There is a big difference of opinion between the groups regarding the Day Care Law throughout the day,” he said. “We proposed the formation of an advisory body to continue the discussions.”
However, both the care union and the teachers’ organization are skeptical of the Ministry of Education’s proposal. Park Seong-sik, head of the National Headquarters for Education and Public Affairs, said: “We have already held three informal meetings to confirm the difference between their positions.”
An official from the teachers union said: “It is a proposal to create a council in which the metropolitan and provincial education offices participate in the existing meeting, but I do not know if it will be effective. Is it to avoid responsibilities?” It would be better, ”he said.
Parents worry about the affective gap
The students are learning from each other in an emergency care class held at Donggyo Elementary School in Mapo-gu, Seoul. News 1
Parents using the babysitting class are concerned about the strike notice. A primary school parent living in Songpa-gu, Seoul, said: “I confirmed the fact that a strike is expected in the care class on the 6th through a family letter received on the 3rd” and “I don’t know what to do. with no one to take care of the child right away. ” Parents of 3 primary schools living in Mapo-gu also said: “I think I will have to use the annual vacation urgently because they ask for home care after school.”
An official from the National Association of Parents for the Realization of Equal Education said: “To avoid the responsibility of the government, is not the conflict between the teacher and the care union over the transfer of the local solidarity government being highlighted?” I hope you get out, “he said.
Reporter Kim Kyung-mi [email protected]
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