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“We want a quality collective agreement”
We’ve come to this demonstration
because we want the employers
to sign the collective agreement,
that’s been 3 years pending its signature.
CCOO is negotiating a collective agreement
for the ‘no reglada’ sector,
and I support this negotiation
and CCOO in the process.
I’ve come to the demo today
to fight for better working conditions.
To offer support for what you’re doing,
workers from the ‘no reglada’ sector.
You’ve got a fighting spirit.
Our wages have been frozen for 4 years.
And I believe that what the
employers demand is abusive.
We move from minimal working conditions
to ones that we can’t survive on.
So we all have to join together
and show them that we
can`t tolerate this situation.
The working week should improve
with recognition of
more non-teaching time
and less teaching time.
And more paid staff training time.
Regulate the working week and hours.
Because, for example, in our school
we have a timetable stretching
to 15 hours a day, even though
we’re all on part-time contracts.
We’re supposed to be available to work
from 7 in the morning to ten at night,
earning a part-time wage.
We don’t have a private life,
we’re always at the beck and call
of the employer.
What concerns me above all
is the work-life balance.
It’s the most important issue
that we have to improve.
Often we have insecurity with our hours,
constant changes to timetables,
companies that pay below
the minimum wage for the sector.
It’s important that priority is given
to the private education sector,
because if we don’t support the teachers
the quality of teaching will suffer.
Firstly, the salary scales.
There are companies that haven’t
had a wage rise for 4 years.
Increase the minimum wage,
and improve the ratio of teaching
and non-teaching hours.
The great debate about
the weekly teaching hours.
You mustn’t assume,
as the employers do,
that you can teach without preparation,
correction, reflection,
sharing ideas, coordination etc.
It doesn’t make sense.
This work has to be paid as well.
First, contracts should be more secure
and better quality.
Get rid of fraudulent contracts.
The issue of travel time,
from workplace out to clients.
This travel time should be recognised.
It’s called ‘no reglada’
education and training
but it’s still Education.
We need to promote
educational values in this sector.
The problem in this sector,
is that as it's usually private sector,
it gets seen more as a business
than as education,
and converted into purely
a money making enterprise.
I’ve come to support all our colleagues
demanding a collective agreement
for the ‘no reglada’ education sector,
because they suffer
a great deal of job insecurity.
The use of temporary contracts
year after year,
part-time contracts,
fraudulent contracts,
contracts where you’re officially
doing 8 hours a week,
but in reality do 32 hours,
and get paid the 24 hours work
in cash without it being
declared to social security.
And this is fraud, affecting
the worker’s social security protection
such as unemployment benefit,
pension rights, sick pay etc etc.
Inapplication of the legally required
minimum 12 hour break between
the last class of the day
and the first the following day.
Inapplication of basic
health and safety requirements.
Incorrect payment of overtime
and paying at least the minimum wage.
We could be here all afternoon…!
Fraud
Job Insecurity
We, the workers from the
‘no reglada’ education sector demand:
An end to the Fraud..
...that robs us of our legal rights
to social security protection.
An end to the Job Insecurity
that we suffer in this sector.
Let’s increase our capacity to
get organised in the workplace
and the union.
Now we exist, and we resist.
And if we continue this way,
tomorrow we will win!
Good, people in a positive mood.
The sausages were very good,
the music sensational,
you could feel the good atmosphere,
see people getting into debates,
getting to know each other…
Good, but remember
it’s the first step,
we mustn’t stop here,
we’ve got to continue
with our arms raised high.