“The government is starting to back down”: new call for a strike in education and higher education on November 10
High school, student and union organizations consider the government's responses insufficient.
Quick Look
- An inter-union made up of high school, student and teacher organizations called for a strike and demonstrations on November 10.
- They denounce the inadequacy of government responses and the exclusion of the civil service from salary discussions.
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Why It Matters
The government convened a social conference in Matignon to discuss wages and purchasing power, initially excluding public service unions.
An inter-union bringing together high school, student and teacher organizations is calling for a new day of strike and demonstrations on Tuesday, November 10, according to a press release released on Saturday by Snes-FSU, the leading middle and high school union.
“The social movement is in a position of strength, the government is in a position of weakness and is starting to retreat. This is the time to amplify the mobilization by continuing to put the government under pressure,” writes the inter-union CGT-FSU-FO-Sud-USL-Unef-Union Studente-Unef-Fage-FSE in its press release.
A social conference Monday in Matignon
As for high school students and students, “the first responses” provided by the government on positions, resources, school buildings or access to higher education are “insufficient”, believes the inter-union.
On the personnel side of Education and Higher Education, “the exclusion of the Civil Service, and therefore of National Education and higher education and research, from discussions on salaries and purchasing power” from the conference convened on Monday by the Prime Minister “confirms the contempt of this government”, also believes the inter-union.
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu convened a social conference on Monday in Matignon with the unions and employers, but without the public service unions who will be received on Friday November 13.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Strike day and demonstrations on November 10.
Very likely · Within days
Open Questions
- What will be the participation rate for the November 10 strike?
- What will be the government's reaction to this call?
