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In a statement after its meeting at the headquarters of the Teachers’ Union in private schools, the union coordinating body considered that
A warning strike tomorrow in public and private schools
“A suffocating economic crisis looming in the country, in the midst of a financial and social collapse accompanied by a continuous collapse of the local currency, the theft of money from people in banks and the humiliation to which teachers are exposed , employees and retirees on the first day of each month in terms of collecting their salaries, and the suffering of private school teachers for cutting their monthly salaries for some AND not paying it every month for others. “
He added: “Today they are increasing the suffering of the Lebanese people by lifting subsidies on consumer goods, fuels and medicines, which has become a foretaste of a social catastrophe, and would negatively affect the purchasing power of citizens and increase the poverty rate in an unprecedented way, and it will lead to social disaster, and will have repercussions on the middle class and poor. “
The statement continued: “From here, the Coordination Committee approaches this authority and says: Be careful and raise the support that you say you do because it will be a shame for us, for you and for the rest of Lebanese. Every day of delay in forming a government and taking the reform measures necessary to save the economy is a stab to the country and citizens. Immediately, stop wasting the opportunities and initiatives that work to save Lebanon. Enough political spurs at the expense of the tragedies of people who can no longer tolerate hunger and disease. “
The commission stated, “The absolute refusal to raise the support that is talked about in any way, the acceleration of the correction of wages and salaries in the face of the fall in the value of the pound with the acceleration of the terrible financial collapse. It also denounced the slow death to which teachers in the private sector are exposed by not paying their salaries or deducting part of them “. “Their pensions and by transferring something to hourly wages and arbitrary disbursements, and the state must intervene through the Ministry of Education to protect them from what they are exposed to and stop all forms of injustice and injustice that follow them.”
And he called for “the need to expedite the resolution of the issue of contractors with their names in all the different sectors of education by paying their fees monthly, especially in these difficult circumstances, and signing contracts with the Ministry of Education to help them preserve their rights. , and adopting a clear plan to install them in stages to fill vacancies in formal academic and professional education. ” A demand to “meet the demands of workers in the afternoon shift, reconsidering the hourly wage allocation according to the dollar exchange rates in the market.”
The commission decided, “tomorrow’s warning strike in high schools, public and private schools, vocational schools, teachers’ homes and counseling centers on my shift, before and after noon, in presence, after noon,” announcing that it will convene the councils of delegates to meet in the governorates “to make recommendations to take appropriate stepwise measures.”
The statement concluded: “The moment of truth has come. We hold officials responsible for everything that happened and will happen, and they cannot avoid facing the results. The commission will hold a press conference at 10:30 pm tomorrow, Thursday. 12/17/2020, at the headquarters of the Association of Teachers of Secondary Education in Lebanon “.
