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Early Childhood Educators in Madrid Protest for Salary Improvements and Ratio Reductions

A hundred professionals demonstrated in front of the Ministry of Education on their second day of indefinite strike.

Image of a yellow t-shirt during a protest by early childhood educators in Madrid.
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Image of a yellow t-shirt during a protest by early childhood educators in Madrid.

A hundred early childhood educators, predominantly women, protested this Wednesday in front of the Ministry of Education, Science and Universities of the Community of Madrid to demand salary improvements, the implementation of an educational pair, and reduced classroom ratios.

The protest, marking the second day of an indefinite strike, featured chants such as 'Fed up with precarious salaries' and '0-3 doesn't make ends meet'. The professionals, wearing yellow t-shirts symbolizing childhood, held a 'cacerolada' (pot-banging protest) to highlight their demands.
Convened by the Early Childhood Schools Labor Platform and CGT, the mobilization aims to denounce the "lack of institutional attention" towards the first cycle of Early Childhood Education (0-3 years). The demands are directed at the central government, as well as the Community and City Council of Madrid.
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"Mercedes Zarzalejo, I invite you to call us for a meeting to see how we can improve, because we are eager to return to the classrooms. The Ministry has full authority to implement these demands."

Rosa Marín · Spokesperson for the Early Childhood Schools Labor Platform
The strike, supported by CC.OO and UGT, will continue "as long as necessary" until improvements are implemented to guarantee quality education. Political figures such as Rita Maestre, spokesperson for Más Madrid in the City Council; Reyes Maroto, spokesperson for the PSOE in the Consistory; and socialist deputy Esteban Álvarez attended Wednesday's rally.
Professionals are focusing their demands on the Ministry, led by Mercedes Zarzalejo, believing that this entity has the capacity to reduce ratios, incorporate the educational pair figure, improve salaries, and increase resources for diversity attention. The Early Childhood Schools Platform is requesting a plan from the minister that includes professional category recognition, more material resources, infrastructure maintenance, and a school calendar adapted to the needs of early childhood.
Rosa Marín, spokesperson for the Early Childhood Schools Labor Platform, described the rally as a "success" due to the unity of all management models and the mobilization of colleagues without needing the major unions. The previous Tuesday, protesters gathered in front of the Ministry of Education to request the sector's inclusion in the new education law, meeting with Minister Milagros Tolón that same day.

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