Police Clash with Protesters as Madrid Teachers Strike over Pay, Workload, and Funding
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Madrid School Director Faces Disciplinary Action for Political Letters to Teens
A controversy has erupted in Spain after the administration of a school in the municipality of Villarreal de San Juan sent letters to students aged 14 to 16 urging them to stop the educational process and turn the streets of Madrid into a "nightmare for fascists and supporters of class inequality.” The trigger for the incident was an indefinite strike by teachers demanding higher salaries and increased funding for education. According to Spanish…
Even manifesting and struggling with a teacher's teacher. Maricarmen, the elderly woman evicted and died in the hospital, symbol of protests for the home, in Spain the demonstrations no longer stop. With a 70% membership, according to the union, began yesterday on the streets of Madrid the first day of protest of the green wave of teachers and students [...] The article Spain, the wave of protest now unites school, health and home. But the lefts…
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On the first day of the protest, on Wednesday, thousands of teachers were on the streets of the Spanish capital in various demonstrations, with the largest gathering of about 25,000 people
The Complutense University of Madrid expressed its “condemn and deep concern” about the charges that have occurred and stated in a statement that “it has neither requested nor promoted the presence or intervention of the National Police on campus.” Europa Press also refers to these images in which several police officers are seen charging a group of protesters who were in front of the Faculty of Chemical Sciences. According to him, the five arre…
The politest strike that has nobody losing face...yet
The public sector strike that saw 300,000 workers on the picket lines is the dominant political story of the week, but as yet nobody is getting pilloried over it. The unions say the government could have avoided the whole mess four months ago, but the government keeps saying it’s ready to do a deal once everyone talks.
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