ANPE mobilizes almost 150 teachers and released members to claim full extra payments
The union denounces that each teacher stops receiving between 1,500 and 2,300 euros annually and claims a supplement to compensate for the cost of living and the difficulties in covering positions in Mallorca
PalmaNearly 150 teachers and ANPE union representatives have gathered this Tuesday at the headquarters of the Ministry of Education and the territorial delegations of Menorca and Ibiza to demand the full recovery of extraordinary payments and the implementation of a difficult coverage supplement for teachers in Mallorca. According to the union, which called for the protest, around a hundred teachers participated in the gathering in Mallorca, while about thirty attended in Menorca and fifteen in Ibiza.
During the mobilization, participants staged with large scissors the 'cuts' that, according to their complaints, continue to affect the extraordinary payments of the teaching staff. In Mallorca, moreover, they also exhibited inflatable bananas to denounce the high cost of living on the island. During the protest, slogans such as 'extra payments now', 'for a full job, a full salary', and 'compensation is the solution' were heard.
The president of ANPE, Víctor Villatoro, has requested that these demands be incorporated into the negotiation of the new framework agreement announced a few weeks ago by the Minister of Education, Antoni Vera. "ANPE considers it necessary to correct the pay grievances that the teaching collective has suffered for more than fifteen years", he stated.
The union recalls that the reduction of extraordinary payments was approved as an exceptional measure in 2010, but denounces that, fifteen years later, it is still in place. In this regard, it maintains that the Basic Statute of Public Employees establishes that these payments must include both basic remuneration and corresponding supplements.
Less purchasing power
ANPE assures that the maintenance of this system implies an annual loss of between 600 and 1,000 euros per teacher in basic remuneration, to which is added a reduction of between 900 and 1,300 euros annually in regional complements. For this reason, the union has launched a state-wide campaign to demand the restitution of these amounts and, in the case of the Balearic Islands, has recently initiated legal actions so that all regional complements are taken into account in the calculation of extraordinary payments.
ANPE has also focused on the situation in Mallorca, which it considers especially complicated due to the rising cost of housing, insularity, and the growing difficulties in covering certain teaching positions. Faced with this reality, Villatoro has argued that it is "essential" to create a difficult-to-cover supplement for all teachers on the island, with the aim of facilitating teacher retention and guaranteeing staff stability.
Following the protests, the union president has urged the Administration to negotiate a solution that allows for the elimination of what he considers a "comparative grievance," to compensate for pay differences between groups, and to reduce the impact of the additional costs arising from insularity in Mallorca.