They thus seconded the call of 6 educational unions. They claim does not extension of school hours in four hours a week. It is the first mobilization since unions foreshadowed the calendar of demonstrations on 14 and 20 September and 22 October. Thousands of Galician teachers have seconded this Friday the appeal of the six educational unions and demonstrated in the streets of Santiago de Compostela to protest against cuts in the Xunta de Galicia in public education and claim does not extension of school hours in four hours a week. It’s the first mobilization since the unions foreshadowed Thursday of demonstrations that will take place in three days on 14 and 20 September and 22 October calendar. With banners claiming quality, not to cut public education, compliance with agreements or shocked you with the regional Minister of education, IGC, DC unions.OO, UGT, ANPE, STEG and CSI-F, representing more than 30,000 teachers, have made a joint call to the community education to support this protest, which means the start of demonstrations planned in Galicia for the start of the school year.

The manifestation has the support of the parties of the opposition, PSdeG and BNG, which have sent representatives. At the exit of the manifestation of the Alameda de Santiago, representative of CC.OO., Jose Fuentes, stressed that the trade union is a sign that the regional Minister is doing wrong, because even close to the PP unions support the call. Anxo Louzao, IGC, even warned that, Jesus Vazquez, or resigns or withdraws the measures, before the largest of recent years demonstration. For its part, Marcelino Brea, UGT, expressed his satisfaction with the assistance and charged the regional Minister to consider other areas most important to invest that own education. Source of the news: thousands of Galician professors take to the streets to protest against the cuts