A student filed a complaint against teachers for participating in a strike

A high school student on the island of Crete filed a complaint against four of his teachers for joining the strike on September 21 and, he claimed, “denying his right to knowledge.”

The Panhellenic strike was carried out against the new labor bill, which deprives workers of basic labor rights. The student contacted the Rethymno General Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday, which coincided with World Teachers’ Day.

It should be noted that at WTD there was a wave of posts on Greek social networks against teachers, with users claiming that they “have too many holidays” and are not working as much as they should.

The prosecutor’s office forwarded the student’s complaint to the Rethymno police station, where four women were invited on Friday afternoon to, according to information mass mediathey were given “recommendations”.

The education community is outraged but also perplexed, particularly at the ease with which a minor child was able to file a complaint about the constitutionally guaranteed right to strike.

Teachers, who, as they often stress, face extreme difficulties in doing their jobs, struggling with gaps and shortcomings at all levels, are now faced with an event that undermines the fight they are trying to wage for better working conditions.  The ELME teachers’ union called for a protest outside the Rethymno police station at 7:30 p.m., where four female teachers would receive “instructions.”  Several trade unions from various sectors also called on their members to join the protest outside the police station.

PS The problem of teacher strikes is actually a big problem, primarily for students.  For example: due to a series of strikes that lasted from 2008 to 2012, the daughter of the author of the publication lost a year of schooling.  And she’s not alone.  Many families of school and university students were forced to pay substantial money to tutors from the “frontistirio” in order to “catch up” with the advanced curriculum. 

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