Sagunto plenary backs better working conditions for nursery educators aged 0–3
A motion from Compromís per Sagunt, passed at the May plenary, calls for an end to the job insecurity of early-childhood education technicians (TEI) in the first stage.
The staff who run the 0-to-3 classrooms in Sagunto will have the council's institutional backing after a motion was approved at the ordinary May plenary. The text, brought by Compromís per Sagunt and defended by councillor Maria Josep Soriano, went through with support from PSOE, Iniciativa Porteña, Vox and EU-Unides Podem, while the PP chose to abstain. Among the measures it asks for are pay that matches their responsibility, an end to the gender pay gap, fewer children per classroom, two staff members per group, and a work calendar equal to that of the second education cycle. The initiative also asks that these workers be treated as educators, not as support staff, and shows solidarity with the open-ended strike under way in Madrid. TEI staff qualify through the Higher Technician in Early-Childhood Education diploma, and the 0–3 stage is neither compulsory nor free in Spain, which explains much of their job insecurity (Wikipedia). According to Sagunto City Council.