The artists are escalating their mobilizations – Traffic and gathering at the Ministry of Culture

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The teachers of the Drama School of the National Theater have announced that they will submit their resignation if there are no practical indications that the Presidential Decree will be amended

The artists are escalating their mobilizations and the students of the drama schools, today, Tuesday, February 7, 2023, with a vehicular strike and tomorrow, February 8, with a 24-hour pan-artistic strike.

As they have announced, today at 6:00 p.m. a motorcade will start from ‘Alsos Stratou (parking lot of the old Badminton theater) to end at the occupation of the Dramatic School of the National Theater (School of Athens-Irini Papa, Piraeus 52 PO Box 185 47 Neo Faliro- Piraeus).

Tomorrow, February 8, 2023, they go on a 24-hour pan-artist strike, with a gathering at the Ministry of Culture at 12:00 in Athens and at the statue of Eleftherios Venizelos in Thessaloniki.

“More than fifty days since the shameful for our industry P.D. has been signed. 85/2022, we continue unscathed and even more united” POTHA emphasizes in its announcement, asking for the satisfaction of their demands: “Immediate withdrawal of the P.D. 85/2022 on the specialties of artists and workers in Art and Culture. Restoring their professions to TE status for all (or PE for those branches that applied). Providing food, accommodation, free books to the student body. Establishment of Public Tertiary Higher Artistic Education and unified public artistic education at all levels under the supervision of the Ministry of Education”.

It is noted that today 18 private Drama Schools appealed to the Council of Ministers and request that Presidential Decree 85/2023, which equates the professional rights of graduates of Higher Private Drama Schools with those of High School diploma holders, be annulled as unconstitutional and contrary to European legislation. in the field of careers in the Government.

Finally, it is recalled that the professors of the Drama School of the National Theater have announced that they will submit their resignation if by tomorrow 8/2 – cut-off date for the loss of the academic year – there are no practical indications that Presidential Decree 85/2022 will be amended.

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