Aside from the strike, the union also proposed a five-day beginning May 20.
Speaking to reporters after a three-hour meeting by OLME's board, the union's president Nikos Papachristos was quoted by SKAI television as saying that the board would meet again in the next few days in order to further discuss the five-day walkout. At the same time he accused the Greek Ministry of Education of provoking educators to strike.
He noted that the strike would be held in protest to the transfer of 4,000 teachers to other posts and thousands more layoffs expected in the new school year. Teachers are also seeking the revocation of a draft presidential decree that foresees a two-hour increase to their weekly working hours and they oppose government plans to scale back auxiliary staff hirings next year.
It should be reminded that this group works less than 21 hours a week!
The government has indicated that it is going to take "all necessary action" to ensure that the exams proceed as scheduled and press reports are saying that the State has not ruled out the possibility of issuing civil mobilization orders to force the teachers back to work, as it did with striking Athens metro employees in January.
(We agree, they should!)
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