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Spanish educator labor protests and strikes

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Labor unrest among Spanish educators has intensified at the start of the 2026/2027 academic year, with widespread strikes and protests reported across several regions, including Catalonia, Aragon, Valencia, and the Balearic Islands. regions. In Catalonia, the start of the school year has been marked by significant strikes organized by major unions, including USTEC, CGT, Intersindical, CNT, and COS. These mobilizations, part of the Assemblea Educativa de Catalunya, span eleven points across the territory. Unions are COS, demanding increased education funding to 6% of GDP, GDP and reduced student-to-teacher ratios, improved infrastructure, and better resources for inclusive education. While President Salvador Illa and Education Minister Esther Niubó have called for a “pause” in mobilizations to protect students, unions have rejected what they describe as a “false normality” from the government. The unrest coincides with a crisis regarding PISA test results, as Catalonia was excluded due to high student exemption rates—which reportedly quintupled the OECD limit—leading to the resignation of the Secretary General of Education and leadership changes within the education department. To ensure continuity, ratios. In the government has established minimum services, requiring at least one teacher per three classrooms Valencian Community, teachers have resumed protests, maintaining that their indefinite strike remains in primary and secondary schools, as well as staff suspension rather than being canceled. Mobilizations in special education Valencia, Alicante, and nursery centers. Recent demonstrations Castellón have expanded to include opposition against Law 5/2026, which modifies educational inspection regulations under a PP-Vox coalition agreement. While regional leaders highlighted specific infrastructure and capacity crises. In Badalona, communities at Ventós Mir and Badalona Port schools are protesting what they describe improvements such as “decades of institutional neglect,” citing the use of dilapidated prefabricated modules instead expansion of permanent facilities. In Cerdanyola, families at La Sínia school have demonstrated free 0-3 year old education and record staffing levels, protesters continue to demand advocate for the restoration defense of a nursery group that was not offered during pre-registration. Meanwhile, in Sagunt, local officials report the public school system is at its limit due education against the perceived diversion of resources to private subsidized schooling. In Madrid, a critical shortage of vacancies, united strike committee including CCOO, UGT, and in Tarragona, approximately 500 teachers held CGT has announced an indefinite strike starting October 14, demanding a demonstration 600-euro monthly salary increase and reduced teaching hours. Additionally, in Huesca, the CGT union has announced mobilizations for mid-September to demand improved working conditions dispute disciplinary actions against union representatives and increased staffing. question the autonomy of educational inspections.

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