Breaking news !! After more than a year of fighting to defend Non-Native English-Speaking Teachers (NNESTs), here is where we are now. - 13 refferal files open with the French Defender of Rights (the latest file was open…today !) This means potentionally 13 organisations or schools convicted for discriminatory practises…but let’s be a bit realistic given the legal uncertainty…probably less ! ; - Still no decision has been made by the French Defender of Rights, which is « normal » due to the infamous red tape…but many of the 13 cases are already being investigated (which takes months). According to the jurist I spoke to over the phone, some decisions should be made by the end of the year if I am lucky... ; - An ever-growing worldwide community on LinkedIn is aware of discriminatory practices and it is starting to voice things out loud...
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On the eve of a legal battle against discrimination* (*recruiters who refuse to hire non-native English-speaking teachers) Having been a victim of discrimination for several years now, here is the situation today : - No decision and no support from the French defender of rights since I started to report the bad practices to them with written proofs 8 months ago ; - No support from trade unions (the ones which apply to my activity as a freelancer) - Some good news though : SOS racisme (a famous French association) supports me in this battle ! - Lawyer fees spent for no result so far (due to schools’ refusals to admit any wrongdoing); - In Fr...
SONDANNESTs survey results analysis – (analyse des résultats du sondage) Introduction : Thanks to all the 43 participants who kindly dedicated a few minutes to this cause ! As most respondents were English teachers (76.7%), I will focus on analysing their answers. I have tried to create a link for the complete survey results but unfortunately I have failed...so here is the gist of this survey's teachings ! Merci aux 43 personnes qui ont bien voulu dédier quelques minutes à cette cause ! La plupart des sondé.e.s étaient des professeurs d’anglais (76.7%), c’est pourquoi je concentrerai mon analyse sur leurs réponses. J'ai essayé de créer un lien pour l'ensemble des résultats du sondage, mais en vain...donc vous trouverez ci-dessous l'essentiel à retenir ! Most interesting figures / chiffres les plus intéressants* : *(questions with a sufficient number of answers / questions ayant récolté un nom...