LAB, ELA and Steilas call on Wednesday's strike for the Education Act agreed with workers
- LAB, ELA and Steilas have concentrated on Monday in the Gasteiz Parliament to "reject" the draft Education Law. They denounce that the preliminary draft rather than the public network perpetuates the dual system and demand that workers' demands be taken into account.
LAB, ELA and Steilas are undertaking a mobilization and strike dynamic to "reject" the draft Education Act of the Basque Autonomous Community. As part of the dynamic, a rally was held on Monday before the Gasteiz Parliament with the aim of achieving a "public, Euskaldun and its own" educational system. They also encourage participation in the strikes and demonstrations called for on 14 December.
The first draft law was drafted by the education department in September and has been the source of many criticisms. The unions have carried out the preliminary projects and the ten "demands" that must be collected by the law: to focus the public; to deal with segregation and to ensure social cohesion; to establish a framework for publication and general and consensual regulation; to have a proper education law; to have sufficient investment and resources; to put the Basque country at the centre; to establish specific requirements and control mechanisms; to ensure the proper employment and working conditions of all the workers involved. In this sense, the meeting on Monday indicated that "for the possible Education Law to be a law that is built with workers".
The first strike day was held on 30 November, and according to the unions, 60 per cent of the workforce joined. They point out that Monday’s concentration and the strike day of 14 December are also part of the dynamic and ensure that if the second draft being prepared by the Department of Education does not take into account its requests, a new dynamic will be undertaken.
The main mobilization on Wednesday will take place in Vitoria-Gasteiz at noon and demonstrations will take place in the capitals in the afternoon.
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