France, Alternative Libertaire AL #248 - University: No
contract, no pay, no peace! (fr, it, pt) [machine translation]
Since October 2014, teachers of Lyon 2 contractors are organizing to obtain contracts, and
paid that go with it! Their struggle is an overview of the extent of poverty in higher
education. ---- Wednesday, October 15, forty contractors (teachers hourly-tutorials)
invest the stairs of their HRD, demanding to be received by Jean François Goux, one of the
vice-presidents of the University of Lyon 2. A requirement open positions? A dismissal
procedure? A salary increase request? None of that. In fact, that morning, individual
contractors Lyon 2 overstepped the bounds of reasonableness. Desoyendo about the fiscal
problems of the institution, the teachers who provide ongoing for more than a month
brazenly dare ask labor contracts signed with their employer in order to be everyone paid-es!
Fight ... for a contract!
Like many other universities, Lyon 2 employs a large contingent of workers and contractors
workers. We provide teaching duties but are also present-es in administration. If the
owners provide the lectures (CM), individual contractors provide for their 20 to 80% of
tutorials (TD) delivered in schools. We have different statuses (PhD students, students in
Master, entrepreneur, professional in the area of subject matter), making the organization
and more complicated information transmission. However, our common point is to have worked
for a semester without a contract and therefore without pay. Most of our students statute
compels us even have to pay a registration fee to the University, our "employer"!
In October 2014, a small group teacher-es contractors, decided to organize a first
meeting. Forty people meet present. They, and they teach in political science, performing
arts and anthropology. The vast majority has never been part of any struggle, a minority
is unionized but anger is there.
The problem did not start this year. Some, and some have not even been paid-es for hours
worked the 2013-2014 year. Our TD are overloaded with more than 40 students per class! The
first platform is written claims. At the heart of our requirements: reimbursement of
tuition fees, limiting the number of students by TD signing an employment contract and the
monthly payment of salary. Nothing revolutionary, yet it will take more than a half of
struggle for the direction of Lyon 2 agrees to open a discussion on these issues! This
famous October morning, the contractors put their claims to the HRD Lyon 2. Mr Goux
attempts to minimize the problem. Promises are made: all contracts will be signed late
October. He gives his word. The future will show us that it is worthless. It precludes
reimbursement for our registration fees, like that of limiting the number of students to
30 TD. For monthly payments, he asks us to find solutions to it ourselves! It is ironic
about the threat of strike. He, he says, would not work without a contract. We leave him
two weeks to give us an answer and regularize the situation. He does not deign to honor us
with his presence at the next appointment.
The side of contractors, we organize: general meetings, blog, email list, distribution of
leaflets and massive display. Convergence with students is a success: the vast majority
support us and our ranks swell in our actions.
December is one of the exams. We commandeered es to monitor these hours. They will not be
paid to us. It seems that these are "related spots" included in the service and mentioned
in the employment contract. It has beautiful game Mr Goux us mention what is in the
contract. Anyway, the contract, we are still waiting. For the most part, we also provide
the correction of these examinations, action for which we receive no remuneration.
New visit to the HRD. The tone rises, Mr Goux trying to make us swallow it "in the same
boat as us" . He refuses to acknowledge that this is due to the fiscal policies of the
presidential team and insecurity at the University is accentuated by the LRU (Law on the
autonomy of the university 2008-2009). He says he's just a problem with the faculties "to
the components." Clearly, Mr Goux blames holders, administrative and ... lurking on
contractors to fulfill their files! Faced with such contempt and lack of consideration of
our situation, our response falls: we refuse to disclose notes of the first half as the
management did not provide a satisfactory answer to our demands.
One possible answer: strike
January is here and with it comes the second half, the turnover of contractors occurs. We
teach for five months now without employment contracts or salary. The press gets wind of
the case. The local press, Rue89 and Liberation contact us. Following the Rue89 article,
the direction of Lyon 2 seeks to divide the movement by attacking the administrative
services it accuses of inefficiency. Jean-Luc Mayaud, president of Lyon 2, known for its
authoritarian government and its ability to suppress the struggles, says that our movement
is that the case "three excited leftists" .
At a large meeting information Holders of Political Science on the situation of the
university, we announce the beginning of the strike prices and retention of notes until
the signing of the contract and the payment date. The result is impressive: the department
of political science has more than 95% of strikers contractors, 80% in anthropology! Less
massive sociology or art show because of the small number of contractors, it is
nevertheless present. In other faculties, retention of notes are also organizing.
Appointments to the HRD then take another form. Accompanied es-es of éudiant, we are 200
upcoming provide management with a letter by which we mean it the renewal of the strike
and retention notes as we do not get satisfaction. We give them a week to respond. In
parallel, we organize tours services. The anger is palpable: IT services, technical
services, maintenance staff, we all share their difficult working conditions and the
precariousness of their situation: no temporary was paid for the hours the first half.
Panicked, the Presidency urges the relevant administrative services to address the issue
of temporary staff contracts in three days. To overcome his own incompetence, the
Presidency will discharge its responsibilities on already overburdened services. When the
first contracts come, she is quick to shout from the rooftops to the entire university
that the situation is resolved. If contracts actually begin to fall, we have no
satisfactory answer to the rest of our demands. By the class contempt that characterizes
it, the presidential team tries to explain the inability to hold us Registration fees:
university has 35% in equities students and economic sacrifice prevented us provide 600
annual registration euros! Poor bastards!
The struggle continues and spreads, in solidarity, several schools have decided to block
and defer juries: University Lyon 2 semesters longer valid.
The last meeting with the HRD is splashed by a financial scandal that only strengthens us.
While singing the necessities of discipline teachers and teachers and contractors that
outsources maintenance personnel Lyon 2, how to understand the fact that the president of
Lyon 2 illegally assigns a premium of Excellence 6700 euros? Dialogue is impossible: we
demand to be paid-es, management proposes a deposit of 80% for hours already made!
To date, a majority of us has the famous work contract. Pay is promised soon we ... A
refusal was given to us when our declining enrollment requests by TD opening statutory
posts and the repayment of our fee.
To ensure the convergence of struggles, both inter-AG will be held Wednesday 25 and
Thursday February 26th. The links with other universities struggling weave. A letter was
sent to holders to get involved with us in the struggle. The strike has been extended
until 28 February. We maintain our demands and also expect commitments for the autumn. We
remain vigilant es for wages and the possible punishment of those that the University Lyon
2 identifies as leaders and leadeuses social struggles.
Contractors Lyon 2, we are on strike for over a month for every worker and worker is
entitled to demand a minimum. The struggle continues and the construction of a cohesive
network precarious is a small victory in itself. In class contempt and insecurity we
respond with the offensive. No contract, no pay, no peace.
AL B. Collective Grenoble (Grenoble Sud Education)
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