The education sector in Barcelona is preparing for an end of the academic year marked by mobilizations. Major unions have scheduled seven days of stoppages in the city, part of a cycle of 17 strike days across Catalonia. These actions aim to pressure the Department of Education to negotiate improvements in working conditions and educational quality.
The strike calendar in Barcelona includes five days for schools and high schools: May 12, May 18, May 27, June 2, and June 5. Additionally, nurseries (for children aged 0 to 3) will have two specific strikes on May 7 and May 20. Concerted schools will also join the stoppages on May 12, May 27, and June 5.
The Department of Labor has already established minimum services for these days, which will be the same as in previous calls. In most centers, the presence of a member of the management team and one teacher for every three classrooms will be guaranteed. In parallel, two unitary demonstrations have been organized in Barcelona, coinciding with the beginning and end of the strike period: on May 12 and June 5.
“"To call off the strikes, an agreement would be necessary. Words are not enough for us."
The union demands, promoted by organizations such as USTEC-STEs, Professors de Secundària (ASPEPC-sps), CGT, and Intersindical, focus on recovering teachers' purchasing power, increasing educational investment to reduce student-teacher ratios and improve attention to diversity, eliminating excessive bureaucracy, and reviewing curricula with teacher participation. These mobilizations arise in rejection of a previous agreement between the Government and other unions, which the organizers consider insufficient and signed without the consensus of the majority.
