The meeting is held today. Photo: Robert Burgoyne, TODAY.
The union has demanded a series of wage demands and announced a mobilization on Monday and Tuesday and a suspension of classes. They rejected a counter-proposal to meet with the economy minister in the coming days.
Pending professional base salaries, representation fees for directors, full payment of teaching staff for resolutions 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, increases in family allowances and rejection of programs created by the Retirement and Pensions Supervisory Authority are “non-negotiable” “requirements”. For teachers’ unions.
Faced with being unable to cope with so much demand in just one week, the Minister of Education, Luis Ramirez proposed that they talk to economic chief Carlos Fernandez Valdovinos to work together on these solutions.
“We’re committed to being honest and following the facts, but we still don’t know how much we’re going to do, what we’re going to do and where we’re going to move forward to deliver more. It seems inappropriate to me that, five days after the government was formed, we are being asked to comply for 20 years”’” Ramirez said at a news conference following his meeting with the teachers.
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Union members called for National mobilization on Monday, 28 August and Tuesday, 29 August, with educational activities in institutions suspended.
They will meet at Uruguay Plaza at 8:00 am. For interior masters, they meet at different locations.
Silvio Piris of the Paraguayan Federation of Educators (FEP) noted that they still Open to dialogue, if a solution can be proposed by noon on Monday so that classes can resume on Tuesday.
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