9,000 teachers are being called upon to support the strikes called by the ELA, Steilas and CC unions until Thursday. OO., LAB and UGT. In addition, they will demonstrate in Bilbao to ask employers to really negotiate a new agreement.
The staff of the charter schools for social initiativethe majority religious, of the Basque Autonomous Community is called up strike, from today October 17 to Thursday October 19, convened by the trade unions ELA, Steilas, CC.OO., LAB and UGT. A total of 9,000 teachers were called up, impacting 130,000 students from 200 centers across the BAC.
This is the first day of strikes in total eightas another strike period has been declared in the week of December 11.
Inside the demonstrations in favor of “a real negotiation of the agreement”will hold a demonstration in Bilbao, from the headquarters of the Basque government, on Gran Vía, to Arriaga.
The organizers denounce that “employers are still stuck in their immobility.” According to the unions, they are responsible for this Kristau Eskola and AICE-IZEAwhich corresponds to the majority of subsidized educational centers, have “ignored” the negotiation request they sent.
Thirteen negotiation meetings took place during the negotiation process for the new agreement. The meetings started in May 2022 and the last was on February 2, 2023. The meeting ended without a date for the next table.
The main union demands focus on measures to reduce workload, improvements for the most feminized and precarious sectors, salary increases guaranteeing the CPI, measures to preserve jobs and improvements for vocational training. Plans for the Basque language, equality plans and plans to tackle occupational health risks and especially psychosocial risks are also in the crosshairs of the trade unions.
Source: EITB
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