This Tuesday the project begins to be discussed teacher incentive law, which is based on the initiative presented by the legislators, will guarantee presenteeism in schools through a bonus for education workers in Neuquén. It generated a forceful rejection by ATEN and Sadop, that ensure that It is “an attack” and? They promoted a teacher strike and permanence in the Legislature for this day. Are received in the plenary session of commissions and They already anticipated that, If the project is approved, the force measures will be reinforced.
In 2013 and in 2018 an attempt had already been made to promote the treatment of the teaching incentive but, without results, this year it was resumed. The project presented by deputies from Neuquén to Guaranteeing presenteeism put the private teaching union ATEN Y Sadop on alert.
The proposal is promoted by the bloc of Neuquén Popular Movementand spaces Together for Change, We Make Neuquén, the PRO and the UCR joined. It took parliamentary status and is discussed in three commissions this Tuesday, Labor, Constitutional Affairs and Finance.
“Right now we are participating in the Labor Affairs Commission. It is essential that deputies listen to the voice of the workers. No to presenteeism! », they communicated from the provincial ATEN.
The session was brought forward and caused the teachers to also bring forward the strike and stay until the afternoon. “Tomorrow 13 hours, everyone on strike,” said the general secretary of ATEN. The union announced that the measure of force would be carried out starting at 3:00 p.m. However, ATEN confirmed that it will do so in the morning and has been stationed outside the building since early morning.
The general secretary of the Neuquén section, Angelica Lagunas, assured in dialogue with Diario Río Negro thate “presenteeism is an extortionate amount of money that forces people to go to work even when they are sick” and that affects the right to strike. “The project should be archived,” Lagunas asked.
On Wednesday and Thursday the strike will continue “as defined in the plenary session of general secretaries” on Sunday. Besides, They announced that if the project is approved, there will be strikes.
Teacher presenteeism in Neuquén: why ATEN rejects the project
Yesterday, teachers held a press conference in which they expressed their rejection of the law’s treatment. «We are going to demand to be received in that plenary session of commissions and it depends on the provincial deputies to reopen in the province a teaching conflict that we thought was resolved with the agreement we signed in March», stated the general secretary of ATEN, Marcelo Guagliardo.
He assured that they seek to “reestablish a discussion that was settled, but “Education workers are willing to fight.”
For their part, the private education workers expressed that “it has to be presented in this plenary session of commissions as a regulation that It will affect our work, It is not going to go through the education commission, it is illegitimate. “If this project is sanctioned, it will become unconstitutional.”.
Other unions were present and supported the teachers’ claim. They assured that it occurs “in a context that “The National Government is carrying out an attempt to intimidate and criminalize the struggle.”
They warned that There will be an assembly on July 1 and 2 and a plenary session on the 3 and 4.
