translated from Spanish: Association of teachers confirms that it will be added to the national strike convened by the CUT

multisindicales organizations called to paralyze activities in protest by the Labour Government and education projects. “We will not accept that once again the Government not to rule by our demands” is the slogan that calls the stoppage. In labour matters, the CUT called upon the Government to take awareness and also the call to challenge those projects as the youth labour statute, reform social security and tax, stating that they are not in accordance with the demands of the associations. Not oblivious to that, teachers also accused the Government of not responding to the request that was sent on two occasions by the Board of Directors of the entity. The document was given to the Ministry of education emphasizes the following points: finish with the figure of the teacher contract. establish a permanent indemnified output; accelerate the process of demunicipalization and the entry of the private sector funded career. Therefore, the Vice President of the College of teachers, Jaime Gajardo, assured that they will continue with demonstrations and called upon the Government to respond to the demands and including the historic debt. So he said that the given answer is practically “nothing”. In addition, Gajardo criticized the President of the teachers Guild, Mario Aguilar not confirmed that teachers totaled is the mobilization of the multisindical. Aguilar was justified that even not be confirmed to the media only, because the community were informed. Meanwhile, the President of the Council Union of teachers of the Lyceum implementation, Rolando Zúñiga, referred to the censantia of the teachers and also to the latest survey from the National Institute of statistics that indicated that unemployment among the quarter between May and July reached 7.3%. Manuel Valenzuela, representative of the Assistant of Education ensured that teacher retirement incentive bonus has not been delivered by the Government, accusing that teachers have died while waiting, when the law has been 2 years already enacted. In Santiago, the March is predicted for Thursday November 8 from 11:00 hours. Call for proposals beginning from Plaza Italy to move along the Road South of the Alameda and arrive at the Heroes square and end with a memorial ceremony.

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