65% of Catalan teachers who voted have rejected the pre-agreement with the Generalitat, which included salary increases and more staff. The Education Department will maintain the agreement while USTEC calls for new mobilizations.
The consultation promoted by USTEC, CGT and Intersindical among more than 99,000 teachers ended on Thursday. 60,686 teachers participated, 61% of the census, and 39,502 voted no, 65%. The pre-agreement includes a teaching improvement complement that will reach 173 euros per month in 2029 and the incorporation of 6,413 professionals over four years. Counselor Esther Niubó confirmed that the government will apply the improvements agreed with Profesores de Secundaria, CCOO and UGT. USTEC, which distanced itself, announced strikes for next week and called for negotiations to resume this Friday. Iolanda Segura, USTEC spokesperson, said: “We have listened to the collective, it has said no to a pre-agreement that they consider insufficient”. CGT and Intersindical celebrated the result and demanded Niubó’s resignation. Profesores de Secundaria, after consulting only members, will sign the pact because 63% of its affiliates supported it. The general strike called for this Friday in Catalonia remains in place.
