Specialist and expert teachers in the Formación Profesional (FP) sector across Alicante are maintaining their indefinite strike, arguing that the latest proposal from the regional Department of Education is “insufficient” and fails to address the core issues created by a controversial change to their working conditions.
The dispute stems from Decreto 97/2025, a new regulation that teachers say drastically reduces their hours, responsibilities and pay. They argue that the reform strips away essential elements of their role, including the management of workshops and materials, participation in coordination meetings, programme development and the maintenance of direct links with industry.
Representatives of the strike committee met with the Director General of Personnel, Pablo Ortega, while teachers and students demonstrated outside the Department’s offices. According to union sources, the administration has offered only a slight adjustment: an additional hour for staff contracted for up to six hours per week, and two extra hours for those working between seven and eighteen hours. Teachers say this does not restore what has been taken away.
The strikers are calling for the full repeal of the decree and the reinstatement of their previous function set, along with parity in working hours with other civil-service teaching categories. They maintain that these roles are essential for the quality and continuity of FP and specialist training across the province.
The group comprises around five hundred professionals, with approximately forty posts still to be filled. The strike committee reports a participation rate of around eighty-eight percent, discounting the legally required minimum services.
Author: Derek Appleton
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