In a note, the IFTO said that the right to strike is constitutionally guaranteed and it is up to each employee to join the movement. Institutional activities continue to operate in units where classes were not suspended.
According to IFTO, the activities of courses offered in partnership with UAB (EAD modality) will not be interrupted. As well as Postgraduate courses and Initial and Continuing Training (FIC) courses.
Classes at the Palmas Campus Language Center, which follow their own calendar, will also continue.
According to the Institute, a new calendar will be drawn up later. The decision took into account factors such as:
- The unpredictability of enrollment growth and the difficulties in managing regular class schedules;
- Student safety;
- Minimizing expenses and efforts to accompany a partial offer of services;
- The unification of the replacement strategy that will be necessary after the strike.
According to IFTO, the assessment of the impacts of the strike movement will be continuous, reinforcing with union entities the need to maintain the institution’s essential services throughout the process.
The indication of these services will be made through information from the management team to the unions.
The IFTO informs that the right to strike is constitutionally guaranteed and it is up to each employee to join the movement. In this sense, it clarifies that institutional activities are operating in IFTO units, in which there was no suspension of classes, due to the employees joining the strike movement.
To date, classes in: Dianópolis, Colinas do Tocantins and Porto Nacional have been suspended. At the Palmas unit, the suspension of classes began this Monday, 29th. The activities of courses offered in partnership with UAB (EAD modality), Postgraduate courses and Initial and Continuing Training courses will continue to operate. (FIC). Classes at the Palmas Campus Language Center, which follow their own calendar, will also continue.
Managers are committed to maintaining dialogue with trade unions and the entire IFTO community so that this process occurs in a transparent and democratic manner. Thus, assessment of the impacts of the strike movement will be continuous, reinforcing with union entities the need to maintain the institution’s essential services throughout the process. The indication of these services will be made through information from the management team to the unions.
