Teachers' strike in São Luís has now lasted 40 days.
Teachers in the Municipal Network of São Luís (MA) met and decided to continue the strike; the category will hold a mobilization in front of the headquarters of the capital of Maranhão this Thursday (3) to demand a 20% salary readjustment and better working conditions; the municipal Executive offers a 3% increase and repair works in 50 schools.
Maranhao 247 – Teachers from the Municipal Network of São Luís (MA) met, this Tuesday (1), and decided to continue the strike, which has already lasted 40 days. The category will hold, at 3 pm this Thursday (3), a mobilization in front of the headquarters of the capital of Maranhão to demand a 20% salary readjustment and better working conditions. The municipal Executive offers a 15% increase and repair works in 50 schools.
"The teachers' mission with the strike is to unite forces to ask for the support of the entire society so that it continues to support the strike movement, because this struggle is for a just cause that concerns the teachers, but at the same time the whole of society," said Professor Elizabeth Castelo Branco, president of the Union of Professionals of Public Municipal Education of São Luís (SindEducação). The information is from the newspaper O Estado.
At the last meeting between representatives of the category and the Municipal Education Secretariat (Semed), held on June 18, it was agreed that the department would correct flaws in the retirement processes of civil servants. The secretariat would have 15 days to present the results, a deadline that expires this Thursday.
On June 3rd, the Labor Court declared the teachers' strike illegal. A daily fine of R$ 10 would be imposed for non-compliance. The city government could also deduct pay for the days not worked, and the municipal executive was authorized to hire temporary teachers to meet the demand until the end of the strike.