The UPV PDI has called for a strike on 11 October. The call was made by the unions ELA, LAB, Steilas and CCOO in a press conference on Wednesday, and the Coordinadora de Precarios de la UPV/EHU has also joined. They want to denounce the precarious working conditions and defend their rights.

In recent weeks trade unions and coordinator have denounced the "interested" reading of the new Organic Law of the University System (USLO) by the UPV/EHU. Consequently, most substitute teacher contracts will be partial, with a maximum remuneration of EUR 800.

In the press conference, in addition to this intention of the rectoral team, they stress that the worsening of the working conditions of the PDI is not a "current problem" and does not affect only the substitute faculty.

They have given some examples to explain the situation: removing the retirement agreement and thus tightening the conditions for promoting voluntary retirement, closing centres or discriminating and discriminating between teachers and collective researchers. They also warn that the Academic Action Plan (PAC) will bring cuts that will increase the workload of teachers.

Union claims

The trade unions have made various demands. Firstly, that the IDP replacements be full-time and in the case of part-time teachers, that the non-teaching exercise be recognised and abrogated. They also demand that the teaching burden should not be increased, increasing the number of workers and limiting bureaucratisation, among others.

They denounce that in recent years wages have not increased to the same extent as the increase in life, demanding the recovery of lost purchasing power and non-discrimination between teaching and research staff. Finally, they point to the need to increase the funding of the UPV/EHU and to channel it also to workers.