The unions USTEC, ASPEPC, and CGT have submitted to the Departament d'Educació a unified negotiation framework that excludes CCOO and UGT and sets a condition for returning to the table: that the ministry accepts this document as a working basis. The proposal specifies a monthly raise of 478 euros for the teaching staff and 544 euros for secondary school teachers.
The paradox of the negotiation appears in the text itself. While the union pressure from recent mobilizations had placed inclusive education among the main demands, the joint document details the salary block and barely formulates demands on ratios, staffing, and curricula in a generic way. In fact, the term "inclusive" does not appear in the agreement.
USTEC threatened to leave if no figures were put on salaries
The Departament d'Educació requested in the meeting that the remuneration issue be addressed with concrete numbers. USTEC, the majority union, then increased the pressure on the negotiation with a direct warning to the ministry.
"If we do not address the remuneration issue with figures tomorrow, we will not continue here" - USTEC, the majority union
The salary proposal also includes a guarantee clause linked to the CPI, compensation for overtime, night work, and camp activities, and an improvement in the bonus paid to digital coordinators.
One hour after the start of the meeting, CGT left the meeting considering that the conversation remained focused on inclusive education and not on salaries. Even so, the union keeps open the possibility of returning.
The framework presented by USTEC, ASPEPC, and CGT organizes the negotiation into three blocks. The first is the salary block, and it is the only one that appears developed in detail, while the rest brings together broader demands on school organization and curriculum.
The request for 6,400 positions clashes with the 2,405 offered by Educació
In terms of personnel, the union's counterproposal claims 6,400 new positions. The department's latest offer was 2,405 staff, and 56.05% of these new hires were intended to strengthen inclusive education.
The second point of the agreement adds the review of ratios, the commitment not to close public schools, the reclassification of educational support staff, and the internalization of resources.
In the curricular block, unions demand that any change be negotiated with the social party. They also ask to halt the reform of the baccalaureate curriculum to undo the fusion of sciences, agree on a new timetable, and review the decree on basic education.
Inclusive schooling divides signatories and strains the union front
The absence of explicit references to inclusive schooling in the document coincides with opposing positions among the organizations that subscribe to it. ASPEPC rejects this model and calls it a scam.
Faced with this position, the Ciutadana Platform for Inclusive Schooling, with the support of aFFaC, denounced that ASPEPC's statements against the presence of students with disabilities in ordinary classrooms foster hatred and discrimination.
USTEC maintains a different line within the same negotiating front. The union advocates for a shock plan for inclusive schooling with specialist technicians per classroom, social integration technicians per center, and reception classrooms starting from the 2026-2027 academic year.
CGT Ensenyament also places this point among its conditions and maintains that providing more resources for inclusive schooling is a red line for signing any agreement.