Key meeting between Education and unions, which warn that the new proposal is not "dignified"

BarcelonaKey day in the education sector. This Wednesday afternoon, the Catalan Government and the Education unions will meet —except for Secondary School Teachers, who have confirmed they will not attend the meeting— to negotiate and see if they can reach an agreement to call off the two weeks of protests in public schools that USTEC, Secondary School Teachers, CGT, and La Intersindical are still maintaining. On the table, they will have a proposal from the department led by the minister Esther Niubó that includes an advance of the salary increase agreed with UGT and CCOO, more money for tutoring supplements, and a reinforcement of staff for inclusive education. A proposal that USTEC and CGT have already warned they see as "insufficient" and do not consider "dignified".the commitment that teachers earn 3,000 euros gross more per year than now. Still regarding salaries, the ministry proposes to "address the pay improvement" through three supplements: for tutoring, co-tutoring, and tutoring in centers of maximum complexity. However, the Government does not specify what the pay increase for these tasks could be, stating that "the specific amounts for each supplement will be subject to negotiation in the plenary sessions scheduled in the calendar".a proposal from the departmentA negotiation calendar

the commitment that teachers earn 3,000 euros gross more per yearIn this way, it suggests that on May 22, the reinforcement of staff and inclusive schooling be addressed; on May 26, the acceleration of salary increases; on May 28, the tutoring supplement; on June 1, the co-tutoring supplement, and, finally, on June 3, the tutoring supplement in centers of maximum complexity.

The ASPEPC-SPS union (Secondary School Teachers) has also lashed out against the Department's proposal, which it considers "a new mockery" and "a lack of respect" towards the mobilized teaching staff. In a statement sent this Tuesday afternoon, it announced that it will not attend the negotiation table until a "serious" proposal is presented and has formally demanded the resignation or dismissal of the Minister of Education, Esther Niubó. The union has also called for maintaining the strikes and mobilizations called.