{"id":5025,"date":"2024-03-21T21:01:41","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T19:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=5025"},"modified":"2024-03-21T21:01:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T19:01:41","slug":"over-1000-teachers-strike-demanding-job-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=5025","title":{"rendered":"Over 1,000 teachers strike demanding job security"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/over-1000-teachers-strike-demanding-job-security.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\">A subset of teachers went on a 24-hour strike on Thursday <strong>demanding job security for their posts.<\/strong> in a move that Education Minister Athena Michaelidou described as \u201chasty and untimely\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cypru-video-ads\" id=\"cypru-1981883338\">\n<div id=\"cypru-533987327\" data-cypru-trackid=\"478051\" data-cypru-trackbid=\"1\" class=\"cypru-target\">\n<div id=\"gpt-ad-5718763465758-0\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The group of 1,200 protesting teachers, who are working in the ministry\u2019s support programmes, claim that they may face unemployment after ten years of work.They are all contract workers who have signed collective agreements as part of the ministry\u2019s efforts to contract their services.Pasey-Peo general secretary, Andreas Kounnis, described the working conditions as akin to <strong>\u201clabour of the Middle Ages\u201d<\/strong> with teachers facing and fearing unemployment.\u201cWe will exert all our power so that no colleague ends up unemployed. Whether on the negotiating table or on the streets and wherever else needed, we will be here.\u201dKounnis said Thursday\u2019s protest was only the beginning and demanded that all jobs for the teachers involved in the 12 support programmes be safeguarded.Oekdy-Sek union members accused Michaelidou\u2019s of stalling, claiming she is trying to delay making a decision until the end of the school year to avoid reactions.In a subsequent statement, Michaelidou said she was <strong>working hard to permanently resolve the labour issue<\/strong> and the pedagogical element of it.The minister underlined that unions were recently given a draft of the bill aimed to regulate the specific teachers employment status and feedback was expected from the unions.Michaelidou said she also informed them that the proposal for the pedagogical restructuring of the programmes would be communicated to them shortly.As such, Thursday\u2019s strike was \u201chasty and untimely\u201d she stressed.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A subset of teachers went on a 24-hour strike on Thursday demanding job security for their posts. The Education Minister, Athena Michaelidou, described the strike as \u201chasty and untimely\u201d. The protesting group, consisting of 1,200 teachers working in the ministry\u2019s support programmes, expressed concerns over potential unemployment after ten years of work. These teachers are contract workers who have signed collective agreements for their services. Andreas Kounnis, the general secretary of Pasey-Peo, criticized the working conditions and pledged to fight against any potential unemployment of colleagues. The teachers demanded job security for all involved in the 12 support programmes. Union members accused Minister Michaelidou of delaying decisions to avoid reactions. Michaelidou stated she is working on resolving the labour issue and has shared a draft bill to regulate the employment status of these teachers, awaiting feedback from the unions. She also mentioned an upcoming proposal for the pedagogical restructuring of the 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