Governo português criticado internacionalmente

Transcrevo uma mensagem colocada no Facebook por um colega (obrigado António) sobre as críticas lançadas ao governo português, referentes à Educação:

"Governo português criticado internacionalmente

Por António Cunha no Facebook.

O European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE), presidido por

Ronnie Smith, aprovou uma posição (em anexo) considerando que medidas

como reduções salariais, agravamento dos horários de trabalho ou

aumento do número de alunos por turma em cursos profissionais, entre

outras, implicam uma significativa degradação das condições de

trabalho dos docentes, coloca uma severa ameaça sobre o sistema

educativo português e impedirá a concretização de compromissos

assumidos por Portugal no âmbito da Estratégia Europa 2020.


A ETUCE recomenda ao governo português que mantenha um diálogo

sustentável com as organizações de professores em todas as matérias
referentes às condições de trabalho para que se construam soluções

colectivas necessárias na actual situação, sendo reiterado o apoio às

organizações sindicais dos docentes portugueses.

Esta posição foi dirigida por Ronnie Smith ao Presidente da República

Portuguesa, ao Presidente da Assembleia da República, ao

Primeiro-Ministro, à Ministra da Educação, ao Provedor de Justiça, ao

Presidente da Comissão de Educação e Ciência da Assembleia da

República e à Presidente do Conselho Nacional de Educação.

Recorda-se que a FENPROF também apresentou queixa, recentemente, da

postura antinegocial do Governo e do ataque que tem sido desferido

contra os professores ao Secretário-Geral da OIT, ao Secretário-Geral

da UNESCO, ao Presidente da Internacional de Educação (IE) e a

diversos comissários europeus com responsabilidades nas áreas laborais e sociais.

Pires de Lima




Walter Dresscher


ETUCE European Trade Union Committee for Education EI European Region

Statement by ETUCE on the situation in Portugal


The European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE), representing

141 teachers’ organisations and 11 million individuals from 45

European countries, wishes to express its concern about the current

situation in Portugal.


The ETUCE has received reports from its member organisations in

Portugal that the government has decided not to implement some aspects

of a collective agreement that was signed in 2010. Also, the

government has determined to reduce teacher salaries significantly (as

decided for other workers of the public sector), to decrease hours in

the curriculum and to increase the number of students per class in VET

courses. These measures, implying a significant degrading of teachers’

working conditions, pose a severe threat to the Portuguese education

system and will hinder Portugal in reaching its commitments within the



Europe 2020 Strategy. Moreover, this move has been undertaken by the

government without any consultation about those issues with the

teacher organisations.


While understanding the necessity to tackle the public deficit, the

ETUCE emphasizes the need to respect the collective bargaining system,

and stresses that the choices to be made in implementing the cuts are

critical and should not put the Portuguese education system at risk.

Within this context, the ETUCE,

- Having regard to the Directive 2002/14/CE from the EU Parliament and

the Council of 11 March 2002 which establish a general framework for

consulting employees in the European Community and invite the

employers in the EU member states to consult the employees, including

at a sectoral level, on any issue likely to impact on their working

conditions;

- Having regard to the latest conclusions from the Council of the

European Union on the role of education and training in the

implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy (14 February 2011),

stressing that


"Investing efficiently in high quality, modernised and reformed

education and training is urgent because it will both lay the

foundations for Europe's long-term prosperity and also, by providing

people with more and better skills and competences, help to respond in

the short term to the effects of the crisis" (5505/11, I:1)


- Having regard to the Council Conclusions on the New Skills for New

Jobs Communication (COM 2008 868), underlining the necessity of

investments in education and training (9 March 2009);

- Having regard to the Joint Declaration from the European Social

Partners in Education "Investing in the Future" (18 January 2011);

1. Urges the Portuguese government to implement the collective

agreement that was signed in 2010, and to refrain from cutbacks in

education;


2. Invites the Portuguese government to engage in a comprehensive and

sustainable dialogue with the teachers’ organisations, in all matters

concerning teachers’ working conditions and the education system as

such, in order to find a collectively constructed solution to the

current situation ;


3. Reiterates its full support for the Portuguese teachers and their

trade union organisations FENPROF, FNE and SINDEP.

On behalf of the ETUCE,

Ronnie Smith,

President

Brussels, 23 February 2011.