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Striking Teachers Fill Valencia Amidst Negotiation Breakdown

Education Minister Carmen Ortí walks away from the negotiation table, leading to broken talks as hundreds of teachers protest.

Generic image of a teachers' protest in the streets of Valencia.
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Generic image of a teachers' protest in the streets of Valencia.

Hundreds of teachers, families, and students filled the center of Valencia today during a new education strike, with protests focusing on the Ministry of Education after the minister left the negotiation table.

The struggle of Valencian teachers continues with a new strike day that once again filled the center of Valencia. The protest reaches a critical point after Minister Carmen Ortí abandoned the negotiation table on Monday, just ten minutes after it began, due to the unions' refusal to accept her proposal and call off the indefinite strike to negotiate. This situation has led to the mass resignation of over 250 school management teams, protesting the government's lack of agreement with the unions. Negotiations are currently broken, awaiting potential rapprochements next week.
Today's demonstration started from the Ministry of Finance, previously headed by José Antonio Rovira until last December, on Palau street. The initial route, intended to reach the Palau de la Generalitat, was modified, and the march concluded at the Plaza de la Mare de Déu. At the beginning of the protest, hundreds of teachers, families, and students staged a protest whistle outside the ministry's doors, expressing their discontent.
The streets of Valencia were filled with teachers, making Palau street impassable and extending into surrounding areas. Among the banners displayed were slogans such as “Teachers fighting are also teaching”; “Diversity is addressed with resources, not magic”; “Education, my passion. Students, my motivation. The ministry, my limitation”; “Ministry, less smoke, more teachers,” or “Valencian is official, not optional.” Protesters also called for the minister's resignation.
A music band, formed by students and teachers from l’Horta Sud, accompanied the protesters to symbolize the unity of the educational community and reflect the “deep discontent and the sector's great mobilization capacity.” For tomorrow, a new large demonstration has been called under the slogan “The educational community raises its voice,” which will depart from Plaça de Sant Agustí.
Meanwhile, the Ministry has stated that it will resume negotiations with the unions “as soon as possible,” once they receive the document that the union organizations committed to sending on Wednesday, according to ministry sources.

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