Meeting of Mothers and Female Teachers Reveal Harsh Working Conditions at Schools in Fukushima

The 38^th Meeting of Mothers, Female Teachers and School Workers of Fukushima was held on 29 September in the city of Koriyama. Some 200 attended in the meeting organized by the Fukushima Prefectural Teachers Union. Since the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster of March 2011, school workers in Fukushima have been struggling under harsh working conditions: They are victims of the disaster themselves, but required to fulfill greater responsibilities for protecting children. The situation is harder for female teachers and school staff than for male counterparts. More than two thirds of the time spent for the meeting was allocated to group discussions where attendees were divided into 5 groups of different discussion topics. The discussions reflected difficulties that attendees face in their respective work places. (By YUMOTO Masanori)  YouTubeVideo (no subtitles)

「学校現場」の過酷な労働環境～第38回福島県母と女性教職員の会

９ 月２９日、「第３８回福島県母と女性教職員の会」が郡山市で開催され、２００
名が参加した（主催・福島県教職員組合）。震災以降「児童・生徒たちを守らなけ
ればならない」と同時に被災者となった教育労働者は、福島の職場から離れることが
できないという厳しい労働条件の中で今も働き続けている。中でも女性教職員は、
男性以上により過酷な中を生き抜いてきた。集会は５つの分科会討論にその３分の２
を費やしすすめられ、討論には現場の生の姿が投影された。  （湯本 雅典）  
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