Teachers could see their pay slips swell next year. This Thursday, Jean-Michel Blanquer promised net increases for teachers at the start of their careers, between 70 and 90 euros net per month. This announcement comes as this Thursday, the education unions are calling for a new mobilization against the pension reform.
"We have been working" on wage increases "for months, this will translate into significant increases from 2021," said the Minister of Education on RTL on Thursday. During discussions that started on Monday with the trade unions, he announced his intention to devote 500 million euros to these revaluations, which will take effect in January 2021. All teachers should see their salaries increase, but not necessarily same amounts.
An increase over several years
"A teacher who starts today is about 1,600 monthly, it is not enough," said Jean-Michel Blanquer. "The increases can translate from 2021 into very substantial increases for young teachers: we want an increase next year that can be between 70 and 90 euros net per month," said the Minister.
He considered the amount "significant especially since it is an increase that will continue in the following years". In fact, discussions with the unions must lead before the summer to a law for the programming of salary increases. The increases, which would start in 2021, would increase over the years to reach around 10 billion in 2037, which would be added to the national education budget (52.7 billion euros in 2020).
A "catch-up" for young people
Asked about this objective of 10 billion, Jean-Michel Blanquer replied: "It is actually potentially more than that". Indeed, when the expected increases over 16 years are aggregated, with the hypothesis of increases of 500 million euros year after year, the budgetary effort could amount to more than 76 billion euros, according to the calculations of the Unsa.
"What is taking shape is a considerable effort by the nation over the next fifteen years", according to Jean-Michel Blanquer. The increases will affect "first especially the youngest teachers because they are the lowest paid today, we have to catch up," he added. The unions fear that these revaluations will be conditional on “compensation” such as an increase in working time. A term that the minister does not take up, which underlines that everything will be "on the table to improve public service".
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