As of Monday morning 2,000 teachers has been suspended, as per the controversial bill that was voted in Parliament last week. Teacher union OLME is holding a protest outside its offices in Athens at noon, with further action to follow in other cities.
According to the bill, a number of teacher specializations were abolished from the curriculum, meaning that many job placements will also be lost. Most of these jobs were related to teachers specialized in nursing (388) and early childhood care (335). The Ministry of Education claims that at least half of the suspended teachers will be offered placements in services of the Ministry of Health.
OLME has extended a call to other sectors currently in a state of civil mobilization, as well as other federations in the public and private sector, to meet at their offices at 19:00 on Wednesday to “discuss and coordinate actions against the suspensions and dismissals against the government and troika politics”.
The teacher union has vowed that “nobody will be missing from our schools on the 1st of September” and urges the local ELME teacher unions to continue with their actions.
