There is no agreement. The strike by public education teachers in the Valencian Community continues without a agreed-upon resolution after the Generalitat presented a new proposal to the unions without including a salary increase, one of the main points of conflict raised by the teaching representatives.
The negotiation between the Ministry of Education and the trade union organizations has allowed for a new exchange of proposals, but it has not yet served to unblock the conflict. The main obstacle remains the absence of a response to one of the most sensitive demands of the teaching staff: economic recovery after years of loss of purchasing power.
What the Generalitat has offered and why it is not convincing
The Generalitat has put forward a proposal with measures linked to educational organization and other aspects of the system's operation, in an attempt to reduce the tension of the conflict with the teaching staff. However, the document does not include salary improvements, an absence that has marked the immediate reaction of the unions.
For the organizing unions, this point is not secondary, but one of the keys to the conflict, along with other demands, as the unions have been proposing a broader package of requirements for some time, which includes structural improvements within the Valencian educational system. These include reducing class sizes, increasing teaching staff, reducing administrative workload for teachers, and improving resources for educational inclusion.
The continuation of the teachers' strike keeps a focus of tension within the Valencian educational system open at a particularly sensitive time in the academic calendar. The evolution of the conflict is a concern not only because of the immediate impact on schools, but also because of the effect it may have if the deadlock continues.