A few days before the December 5th strike, the teachers are mobilized. They are 900,000, and their profession is most affected by the reform of Jean-Paul Delevoye. In two ways: firstly because the new points pension will no longer be calculated over the last six months, but throughout the career. The teachers, however, have high salaries only at the end of their careers. But also because the premiums will be integrated in the calculation of the retirement, and that the teachers are the ones who have the least of premiums among the officials.
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A government effort
For the government, it is clear, the teachers are with the nurses the big losers of this reform. So he decided to make a big effort. Although at this stage no scenario is encrypted. The idea is to increase the premiums of teachers, in primary, they represent 10% of their salary, in the secondary is 20%.
Gradually, premiums could increase up to 50% with the same salary base which could represent 1,000 euros more on the payroll. A huge boost on a net salary of 2,500 euros for example. This commitment will even be written in black and white in the future Delevoye law.
But the unions want an increase in their grid and therefore their salary and not their premium. They worry about a pay-per-view: since all teachers have no bonus, you must work overtime or work in REP (Priority Education Network). And teachers do not want to be forced to earn more. This is why most unions filed a strike notice for December 5th.