SLEP gives ultimatum to unemployed teachers of Magellan and teachers accuse “tendering”

As part of a one-month stay of teachers in Magallanes, the local education service (SLEP) of the region informed teachers this day that those who do not return to classes on Monday, April 7, will not receive any payment for the days not worked during the stay.It should be recalled that on Wednesday the teachers of the Magallanes SLEP rejected the proposals presented a day earlier by the government during work meetings and decided to maintain the…

The holder of the Education portfolio explained that on Monday 7 "is the last day on which you can reschedule and, therefore, be able to recover the classes with the consequent recovery also of the wages that are not being paid."

The crisis in public education in the Magellan Region has reached a critical point, after Friday the government issued an ultimatum to teachers who have been unemployed for several weeks. It should be recalled that since 5 March, more than 14,000 students from the Magellan Region have not been able to start the school year normally due to the cessation. This mobilization has been driven mainly by the demand for wage improvements for teachers, wh…