The mobilizations were convened by the Steilas, ELA and CCOO trade unions. Neither UGT nor LAB have joined tomorrow’s strikes, the latter preferring to bet on the strike of the entire Basque public sector scheduled for Wednesday.
Labor unions Steilas, ELA and CCOO They have called on all non-university and special education teachers to strike tomorrow, Tuesday, as well as kitchen and cleaning staff, to working conditions of the staff of public education.
Demonstrations will take place throughout the morning Bilbaofrom the Basque Government on Gran Vía to the Town Hall, Saint Sebastianfrom the Boulevard to Alderdi Eder, and in Vitoria-Gasteizfrom Plaza Bilbao to the Virgen Blanca.
The new strike day aims to ‘improve’ working conditions in the Basque public school, urging the Ministry of Education to ‘stop its policy of privatization and insecurity, and not accept Madrid’s budgetary constraints in order to can decide on Euskadi wages and replacement rates. “.
The demands of the organizing unions are to ease the workload, provide resources to respond to the realities of today’s students and restore the purchasing power of recent years, the loss of which they have estimated at 20%.
According to the demand, a 10% increase would be negotiated for next year 2024, and the remainder would be “recognized as debt.”
They also demand the rejuvenation of the workforce, either through early retirement or reduction of working hours; stabilize jobs; update the OPE model and reduce real temporary employment to 8%, from the current 30% in teaching staff and 50% in special education.
They also propose agreeing on a plan for the Basque language of all teaching staff and on mixed projects to “influence coexistence and equality and combat machismo”.
The centers claim that these improvements “must be negotiated and included in new sectoral agreements” and confirm that the Basque Education Law, currently being processed, “is insufficient and does not correspond to the content we demand.”
They will not join tomorrow’s strike neither UGT nor LABthe latter union that prefers to gamble on the strike of the entire Basque public sector that is planned for Wednesday.
Source: EITB
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