100 reasons to regret
The state teachers' strike reaches 100 days, with the category under pressure to leave the ALBa (Legislative Assembly of Bahia) premises; the movement awaits the judgment of the opinion that will take place next Friday.
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With no reason to celebrate, teachers in the state education system have completed 100 days of strike. The Legislative Assembly of Bahia has become a stage for the demands of the category, which has managed to weaken the popularity of Governor Jaques Wagner (PT). Despite seeing his approval ratings plummet, the PT member has not managed to end the teachers' strike, and the story promises to drag on for who knows how many more days. Let's wait for the next chapters.
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The Court of Justice of Bahia (TJ-BA) released, on Wednesday the 18th, a decision regarding the request for a preliminary injunction for the repossession of the Nestor Duarte Hall, of the Legislative Assembly of Bahia (AL), made by the president of the institution, Marcelo Nilo (PDT-BA).
In the document, the judge of the 6th Public Treasury Court, Ruy Eduardo Almeida Britto, states that a judicial inspection of the site will be necessary – scheduled for Friday the 20th, at 10 am – before issuing a favorable opinion on the eviction or denying it.
The inspection, according to the document, requires the presence of the Military Police (PM) in the external area of the building and representatives from the presidency of the Legislative Assembly and APLB. According to information from the press office of the Court of Justice of Bahia (TJ-BA), the inspection may be brought forward to this Thursday, the 19th, if the parties are notified in time.
In the document, the judge states that it was not possible to accept arguments based on sections I and II of Article 927 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which deals with possession and loss of possession. Furthermore, he states that he regrets the length of the strike and the imminent disruption of the school year without an agreement being reached. “(...) the third party – the Legislative Assembly of this State – having filed this possessory injunction, as if it had given up on cooperating, asking the formal and overburdened Judiciary to take measures to evacuate the strikers from the premises,” the judge continues, in a passage from the decision.
Even with the electricity supply cut off and access to restrooms limited, the teachers vow to resist until the government makes a new proposal. “We will continue defending our rights,” said history teacher Vanessa Matos, who has been camped at the site for 100 days.
New proposal
On Wednesday morning, the The category met in yet another assembly.Representatives from a parents' association brought a cake with 100 candles to the CAB, symbolizing the days the state school system was shut down.
At the meeting, in addition to voting for the continuation of the movement, the teachers approved the counterproposal that was sent, in the afternoon, to the Public Prosecutor's Office of the State of Bahia (MP-BA).
In the document, the union requests a 14,26% increase this year, divided into two installments of 7,26% and 7%, provided that the 6,5% increase given to public employees at the beginning of this year is maintained.
Furthermore, it requests the reinstatement of those dismissed and the annulment of the administrative and disciplinary proceedings initiated, a salary adjustment that includes the entire category, immediate payment of suspended wages, and standardization of the transfer of union dues.
“We hope the government will be humble and see that we want to negotiate,” says APLB's general coordinator, Rui Oliveira.
The Secretary of Education, Osvaldo Barreto, however, states that he does not intend to change the proposal made by Governor Jaques Wagner at the last meeting mediated by the Public Prosecutor's Office of Bahia: a 7% increase in November for teachers with a full teaching degree who complete qualification courses, and another 7% in April of next year.