France / Fed up with the waltz of Covid protocols: the teachers' strike promises to be very popular

Teachers, exasperated by the waltz of health protocols linked to the Covid-19 epidemic, are called for a strike on Thursday, which should lead to the closure of half of the schools. All the teachers' unions have called for a strike in schools, colleges and high schools. They denounce "an indescribable mess" in schools - and in particular schools - due to the Covid-19 epidemic and health protocols. According to forecasts by Snuipp-FSU, the leading union in primary education, 75% of primary school teachers may not cross the school gate on Thursday, half of which should therefore be closed. The trade union organization evokes "a historic mobilization by its magnitude over the past twenty years". It “is not a strike against the virus but it illustrates the growing fed up.

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