First protests for the educational strike in the Valencian Country

ValenciaUp to 29.06% of teachers in the Alicante demarcation, 30.46% in Castellón and 33.76% in Valencia. This is the follow-up to the educational strike in the Valencian Country according to the data released this morning by the Generalitat and pending the release of the unions' data.

The day of protest began with rallies at the doors of the education department's facilities in Alicante, Castellón de la Plana, and Valencia, as well as in the main squares of cities such as Elche, Alcoy, Orihuela, Gandía, Játiva, Sagunto, Villarreal, Segorbe, and Benicarló, among others. As expected, the largest rally took place in Valencia, where hundreds of teachers protested at 10 a.m. to demand improvements in salaries, staffing, and infrastructure, reductions in student-teacher ratios, a reduction in bureaucracy, and the promotion of Valencian language education. Nevertheless, the largest mobilization is expected at 12 p.m. in the three Valencian capitals, with three major demonstrations.

This Tuesday's is the second day of strike in the last four months – the previous one was in December – in the Valencian Country. Furthermore, it may not be the last, given that the unions are proposing an indefinite strike from May if the Generalitat does not address their demands. An agreement that is not expected to be easy, although the education department has highlighted its "willingness to open a stage of constructive dialogue and to approach negotiation from a position of concessions from both sides." To see if the negotiations reach a successful conclusion, we will have to wait until April 16, when the representatives of the Generalitat and the unions have been summoned again to negotiate.