Despite “progress” in negotiations with Education, the convening centers consider Minister Gimeno’s latest proposal as “insufficient” because it does not address the loss of purchasing power or the stability of the labor force. Demonstrations are held in Pamplona and Tudela.
The teachers of Navarra are confronted this Tuesday with the second day of strike within a month – the previous one took place on September 25 -, after a period of negotiations with the Ministry of Education, that was not enough to call off the strike.
All unions in the sector (Steilas, ANPE, AFAPNA, LAB, CC. OO., ELA and UGT) have called on teachers to stop and take to the streets to reductions in ratios, reduced bureaucratic burdens or salary improvementsamong others. tion pickets have been convened early in the morning and demonstrations have been held in the morning (at 11am) in Tudela and Pamplona, and in the evening (5pm) in the capital of Navarra.
After the September strike, the unions held talks with the advisor on the matter, Carlos Gimeno. Both parties have taken closer positions, something the centers consider ‘positive’. For example, the Ministry of Education has accepted a number of trade union demands, such as the decrease linear proportions at the stage of Primary and the decrease of the hours of course institution of the teaching staff.
However, Gimeno’s latest proposal was “fail” for trade unions. “It does not meet our expectations at all because the first of our four points was staff stability, which is not addressed in this department proposal, it is not even mentioned.”
“It also does not address the issue of loss of purchasing powerIn fact, no reference is made to it”, while given the demand for reduction in rates, this is “completely inadequate and would affect very few classrooms across Navarre. It is not at all clear that it will be applied and how it will be applied in ESO, let alone in FP, which is not mentioned, nor in Baccalaureate. That is to say, the effectiveness it can have in Navarrese classrooms is virtually nil.”
Regarding the reduction in training hours, he regrets that a reduction of 10 hours per year is offered, “something minimal for the workload to which education professionals are exposed.”
Source: EITB
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