CGIL trade union federation chief
Susanna Camusso on Monday blasted what she said is the
government's "arrogance" in dealing with school employees.
Teachers and other school staff staged a nationwide strike
with massive rallies in seven major cities last week to protest
against Premier Matteo Renzi's so-called 'Good School' reform
bill.
"The government's arrogance in negating the reasoning of
school workers leads one to suspect that actually they are the
ones without a plan," Camusso said.
Her remarks came after Reform Minister Maria Elena Boschi
said Sunday she did not think a school system in the hands of
the unions could work.
She also said that the government was willing to hold talks
on its schools bill, which, among other things, increases the
power of principals, while stressing that it would be
"unacceptable to leave things as they are".
"I'd like to tell the minister that this idea of hers that
the school system is in union hands is typical of a government
that doesn't want to take the country into account," Camusso
added.
Former education minister under the last Silvio Berlusconi
administration, Mariastella Gelmini, said in her opinion not all
the unions are "resistant to change".
Also on Monday, dozens of people identifying themselves as
teachers wrote on Premier Matteo Renzi's profile that "we won't
vote for the Democratic Party (PD) anymore because we're
indignant over the 'Good School' reform bill".
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