Mayor and non-payment of public servant contributions

Let’s start with three real examples that I know of, but we’ll change the names. Alex, a public school teacher, had a medical check-up at Integramédica on March 25, was treated for a common cold and had the peace of mind of purchasing supplementary insurance that included his son. While receiving care, they informed him that his insurance was not valid because his employer had not paid the entity, in this case St. Lucia Medical Centre. In a similar case, Germán, a teacher in a public high school, bought insurance from the FALP Cancer Institute for peace of mind if he or his family got cancer. Fortunately, nothing happened because Germán found out by mail that your employer has not paid insurance. Finally, Suzanne, an educational assistant, owed three installments of consumer loans that were discounted against wages, causing workers to have to pay interest and late payment issues.

All of these individuals then discovered that their contributions were not paid but declared, which means they also had to pay private bonds and then go through paperwork with the entity from which they distributed the medical funds. What these three men have in common: They all work in San Bernardo, where the employer is the city government.

Well now let’s go back in time, Christopher was a teacher and teacher college leader, fought for his rights, his colleagues and public education, then he was a union backed mayoral candidate and he lived a good life , because elected. Instead, he is going through a crisis triggered by failure to pay officials’ levies and contributions for more than five months. Faced with this situation, the San Bernardo Teachers’ Association and the Unified Union of Educators (SUTE) staged peaceful demonstrations during a mobilization that has already lasted 30 days.

Let’s break down what was mentioned in the previous paragraph, since this looks like a synopsis for the new season of Stand-In. The mayor of San Bernardo has published various communications through the social networks (personal or community) at his disposal, in which he accuses the violent demonstrations of threatening the peace of his neighbors and even appeals to consider the students of the school. Commune yes! Professor Mayor and his colleagues face their biggest crisis yet. Like a dark comedy, Professor White has problems with his own union’s lack of professionalism. I’ll add another piece of information: tax and health discounts are deducted from workers’ wages.

In a video uploaded to his Instagram on Friday, August 18, he defines his colleagues as “radicalized workers” and again lists students as the main ones affected, but any of them, whether students or colleagues , should not be responsible for this incident. fundamental problem..

In this climate of unease and civic disappointment, the mayor continued on August 18 with the celebration of the birth of Bernardo O’Higgins in front of the city hall, which included a march with students from the commune. As colleagues demonstrated in front of the students, the mayor retreated to his office and asked security forces to dissuade his colleagues from using violence. It’s not the first time workers have been mobilized in these six weeks, we’ve seen water cannons and the popular skunk in action, it’s been a tough day for the current government, with a slew of education ministers leaving to target resource management and stewardship The problem. But that’s a topic for another column.

Finally, the mayor projected an image of being out of touch with teachers and educators unions. Having been out of work for six weeks, commune students have taken a major setback to their studies; the loss is even greater for fourth-year students, who believe that the possibility of passing the Higher Education Admissions Examination (PAES) to enter university is even more remote than it was a month ago. Beyond that, there is no definitive answer to the terms that address the contractual issues raised in this column.

Let’s hope that this September, schools will be able to perform traditional dances with students, eat empanadas and mote con Huesillos with the entire educational community, and quote the latest words and regulations from the mayor’s former colleagues.