Strike in National Education: a massive mobilization on December 5

National Education and more broadly the Civil Service will demonstrate on December 5th, 2024 ;to express their demands for savings in the administration planned by the Barnier government.

After announcements of savings in the administration, an agreement was reached to organize a mobilization and oppose the measures desired by the government and Minister Guillaume Kasbarian. Several organizations (CGT, CFDT, UNSA, FSU, Solidaires, CFE-CGC and FA-FP) called for a national day of “action” and “strike” December 5, 2024. An action that promises to be massively followed in the Civil Service, particularly in National Education. Several establishments have already announced, this Thursday, a closure next week due to the social movement.

The demands of National Education

At issue ? First of all, the extension of the waiting period in the civil service to three days, compared to one currently. This measure constitutes the main axis of protest in the civil service. “The increase from 1 to 3 days of waiting and the reduction in sick leave compensation are punitive measures as if civil servants were guilty of being sick even though successive governments bear a heavy responsibility” in the deterioration of their working conditions and, ultimately, of their health”, specifies a press release from the FSU, UNSA Éducation, CFDT EFRP, CGT Educ'action, SNALC, SUD Éducation, dated November 18. According to them, the reduction in salary will lead to a precariousness of the agents, particularly among the poorest and women.

Then, the strike will be the opportunity to demand the abandonment of the reduction from 100% to 90% of compensation for sick leave for civil servants. Also, “the 4,000 job cuts announced will further degrade the daily lives of our colleagues in schools, middle schools and high schools. Public schools are a tipping point, these measures will push it into the void”, castigates the press release.

Civil service: “all staff must be revalued”

The unions are simply demanding the “withdrawal of the Kasbarian measures”, the reestablishment of the GIPA, a revaluation of the index point and the abolition of the Pact. All staff must be revalued, without compensation and a real status must be created for AESH. Job cuts must be cancelled, jobs must be created to reduce class sizes and improve working conditions for all staff,” it reads. As a reminder, the 2025 budget proposed by Prime Minister Michel Barnier provides for savings of €1.2 billion on the Civil Service.