The protest, occurring one week after the start of an indefinite strike, brought together teachers, students, and families from across the Valencian Community to express their discontent over the lack of human and material resources and the Consell's educational policy. The march began at San Agustín Square and traversed emblematic streets such as Xàtiva, Colón, La Paz, and San Vicente, concluding at Town Hall Square.
The organizing unions, STEPV, CCOO, UGT, and CSIF, positively assessed the mobilization, calling it a "show of strength" by the teaching staff. They deem the latest proposal from the Conselleria de Educación insufficient and are maintaining pressure ahead of the meeting scheduled for next Monday.
You are paralyzing València
Marc Candela, coordinator of Union Action for STEPV, celebrated the support for the call, defining it as "a cry" directed at the Conselleria de Educación. He warned that if satisfactory proposals are not forthcoming, they will "paralyze" València again.
Meanwhile, Xelo Valls, general secretary of Education for CCOO, expressed her "emotion" at the "emblematic" march, criticizing that "salaries have been dropped" from the Conselleria's draft and asserting that salary improvement is linked to "the dignity of the profession".
From UGT, Maite Tarazona emphasized that the protest "is the result of five days of strike by all teaching staff" and denounced the "deplorable conditions" faced by the collective. José Seco, president of the Education sector for CSIF, described the day as "historic" yet "sad" due to the lack of agreements.
