Education Minister to meet with university rectors over staff strike impasse

19:50 22/11/2013 - Πηγή: Matrix24

Speaking to private Antenna (ANT1) TV, Arvanitopoulos said the staff is not being laid off, but is being transferred. “These are not layoffs, they are mobility,” the minister said, adding that 650 administrative staff will be transferred to other intititutions.
He added that these universities were asked for their staff assessments and all said they needed additional

personnel. He also reiterated the need for universities to operate normally, adding that applications for student transfers to other universities will take place in November.
Meanwhile, ASEP, the state employment board, has published mobility lists for five out of the eight universities staff to be affected – Thessaloniki, Athens Economic, Thessaly, Crete and Patras Universities.
Administrative staff country-wide have been on strike for 11 weeks to protest the government’s decision, which is part of an obligation to trim the public sector. The court of Athens has issued three decisions so far involving the University of Athens and National Polytechnic (Metsovion) Universities, calling the strikes there illegal; its latest ruling was on Thursday.

source: ΑΜΝΑ