The National Assembly symbolically added on Monday a new article to the pension reform to " guarantee " teachers of " salary increases ", a promise that the opposition considers " unconstitutional ", with " a huge legal risk ". This increase has been promised by the government to provide teachers with pensions equivalent to the current situation.
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To highlight the measure, the deputies adopted by 93 votes to 29 an amendment from the committee which isolates in a specific article of the text on pensions this " guarantee " of salary increase. It will have to be formalized in “ two future programming laws ”, one for teachers and one for teacher-researchers. " We will revalue " the remuneration, " it is the first time in almost 30 years, " said general rapporteur Guillaume Gouffier-Cha (LREM).
Oppositions on the left and on the right judge the measure " unconstitutional " because it is an " injunction made to the government to table a programming bill " (Régis Juanico, related PS), as noted recently by the Council of State. For the rebellious Ugo Bernalicis, " it looks like a hoax ", a " maneuver to try to tell the teachers, especially do not protest against this rotten reform project ".
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On the right, Eric Woerth (LR) emphasizes that "the programming laws are rarely respected " and " it must still be said to teachers and researchers ". " It is a contempt for teachers, because these provisions will be censored by the Constitutional Council ", adds his colleague Olivier Marleix. " If we upgrade, it is above all to recognize that teachers are poorly paid in relation to their working conditions and their training, " reacted LREM MP Cécile Rilhac, teacher by profession. " We can nitpick about the constitutionality, but the gesture, it is important, it is strong, it is a programming law with 10 billion on the table ", launched the " walker " Sylvie Charrière.
Sunday, Minister of Education Jean-Michel Blanquer assured that teachers at the start of their careers would earn “ 100 euros net more ” per month from 2021. The unions fear that these revaluations will be conditional on “ compensation ” as an increase working time.
