The unions estimate the strike at 60% and Education at 38.6%

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According to the data provided by the Department of Education of the Basque Government, 38.6% of the teaching staff working in non-university public education have seconded the first day of strike convened by ELA, LAB and Steilas to reject the draft of the preliminary draft of the Education Law. On the other hand, the unions assure that the follow-up is being extensive, specifically of the 60%.

a massive manifestation asked this Wednesday in Bilbao for the Basque Education Law to regulate a “public, Euskaldun and own” school. According to the organizers, the strike, to which some 30,000 non-university Basque public education workers have been called, has been supported by 60% of the Education staff, teachers, Haurreskolak Consortium staff, educators and kitchen and cleaning staff of the Department of Education.

For this afternoon, in addition, demonstrations have been called in the Basque capitals for 6:00 p.m.

Coinciding with the trade union appeal, Ikasle Sindikatua They have also demonstrated on the Gran Vía in Bilbao after the march called by the three unions.

For its part, the Basque Government has reduced monitoring to 38.6%. According to the data collected by the Executive until 11:00 a.m., at least 9,260 teachers have supported the strike.

For the Minister of Education, Jokin Bildarratz It is incomprehensible that the unions call a strike when the time has come for the people to speak out on the bill and he has explained to the media that today is “a sad day” for education.

Before the demonstration, the organizers have shown their satisfaction for the response to the appeal and they have warned that if the final project that is brought to the Basque Parliament does not include their demands, they will have to “go ahead with the mobilizations”, has warned the representative of ELA Miren Zubizarreta.

Referring to the consideration of the Basque Government that a “preventive” strike has been called, given that the draft bill is still in the process of debate and the final text is still unknown, Steilas’s spokeswoman, Nagore Iturrioz, He regretted that until now “the back has been turned” to the contributions and demands made by the conveners.

“It is the only option that the Department of Education has left us, this way of mobilizing”, in order to say in a “forceful” way that “we do not agree with this bill”, he added.

ELA, LAB and Steilas, who make up the majority among the Basque public school workers, consider that the Basque Government’s draft law does not serve to overcome “the current dual educational model”.

To do this, they demand that the future law have the public school as its axis, that it prohibits subsidized centers from charging fees, that it guarantees that the competence to determine the Basque curriculum belongs to the Basque Country and that it establishes a learning model based on immersion in Basque. .

They also demand that the new law establish “a publicity framework” for private centers, address segregation and guarantee social cohesion, include sufficient investment and resources and guarantee employment and adequate working conditions for staff, among other issues.