Navickas: the union will compensate the teachers for the salary they did not receive due to the strike
“It is a common practice for our trade union, we compensate after strikes, this is not the first strike, and after the last one (strike – ELTA) we compensated, and now we will do so,” A said after a meeting with members of the “Vardan Lietuvos” faction of the Seimas Democrats on Tuesday. .Navicka.
“We collect a membership fee, if we cannot compensate immediately because there will be many strikers, we will lay out a schedule over several years and compensate,” he added.
The chairman of the trade union organizing the strike has not yet revealed how many teachers have declared their intention to protest. A. Navickas says that he will know the exact number of striking teachers on Thursday – the eve of the strike.
“We are collecting data, we will have the last day. Because even now teachers are registering, they don’t fully decide, there is a lot of fear, psychological tension, stress,” he said.
“Everyone is also counting the financial possibilities, because they will not get paid. Everyone is assessing the situation and we will know and announce it right before the strike,” noted A. Navickas.
On Tuesday, members of the Seimas Democratic faction “Vardan Lietuvos” met with the chairman of the Lithuanian Education and Science Trade Union Egidijus Milešinas and the chairman of the Lithuanian Education Workers’ Trade Union A. Navickas and other members of these trade unions.
ELTA reminds that the Vilnius city municipality on Monday issued a permit to the trade union of education workers to hold a rally in front of the Government for a month.
The permit was issued for the rally in Vincos Kudirka Square, near the Government House. Rallies will be able to take place every day from September 29. until October 28 Up to 2,000 people will be able to participate in them.
According to the chairman of the education workers union, A. Navicks, on September 29, when the real strike begins, teachers and students from their schools will march to Vilnius near the Government. Various discussions will be organized in Vincos Kudirka Square, as well as classes will be held to support the teachers for the visiting students.
On September 15, the Lithuanian Education Workers’ Trade Union (LŠDPS) failed to reach an agreement on a faster increase in teachers’ salaries. already participated in the warning strike, and from September 29. announce that they are planning a real strike.
The trade union of education workers led by A. Navickos demanded to raise teachers’ salaries by 20 percent this year. He also requested that from 2024 January 1 salaries would increase by another 30 percent. In this case, the total wage growth would reach 56 percent.
LŠDPS has also expressed the need to reduce the number of students in the newly formed classes, and proposes to provide for a better procedure for working with students with special educational needs.
At the end of August, the Lithuanian Education and Science Professional Union (LŠMPS) also announced that they were considering going on strike. Its chairman E. Milešinas informed that the teachers’ union led by him will consider going on strike if it is not possible to reach an agreement on the raised demands.