The ninth meeting between the Ministry of Education of the Generalitat and the teachers’ unions, aimed at reaching an agreement that will allow the indefinite strike of non-university public education teachers in the Valencian Community to be called off, began at 6:18 p.m. this Sunday. Education has ended it an hour and a little later but three of the five unions gathered – STEPV, CC OO and UGT – have refused to leave, they have locked themselves in the ministry, and have demanded that the department led by Carmen Ortí continue at the table, reopen the negotiation on salary remuneration, already closed after the agreement with CSIF and ANPE, and present “a decent base document” just a few hours before the fourth week of the indefinite strike begins. The counselor has responded that she does not make decisions “under pressure.” Finally, the six union members left the official facilities after midnight.
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