The subsidised sector demands entry into the teaching career and continues protests

The professional career model announced for public education includes six grades and up to 350 euros per month at the highest level. FSIE Madrid is calling for teachers in the concertada sector to also have access to this recognition and to equivalent bonuses.

This request is part of a document the union submitted on 27 October to the Consejería de Educación. According to FSIE, representatives of the Administration committed to studying the proposals and responding in the coming weeks. The organisation considers the meeting productive, though it is calling for dates and budget allocations for the commitments.

Under the slogan “La Comunidad de Madrid nos discrimina: ¡Dignidad laboral ya!”, FSIE argues that there are differences in pay and rights compared to the public network. At the campaign launch, it estimated that more than 45,000 professionals are the focus of its demands, including those in the concertada and private education sectors, early childhood education, and care for people with disabilities.

The horizontal career path is one of the central demands. The model for the public network, announced by the Comunidad de Madrid in September, would be negotiated in the Mesa Sectorial de Educación and would take into account experience, training, innovation, and responsibilities assumed in the centres.

FSIE is also calling for a reduction in teaching hours and bureaucracy. It wants the regional bonus and holidays for substitute teachers to be guaranteed. It also proposes a redeployment agreement to protect jobs in centres affected by classroom closures due to declining birth rates.

For administration and services staff (PAS), the union is asking to be included in the delegated payment system and to reduce bureaucratic overload. In early childhood education for ages zero to three, it proposes extending this salary payment system and updating funding modules annually. It is also calling for lower ratios and more support staff in classrooms.

In care for people with disabilities, FSIE is asking for pay for specialists in special professional programmes to be brought in line with that of Formación Profesional professionals. It proposes reviewing ratios and staffing, as well as the profiles needed to handle the workload.

For private education, it proposes administrative recognition of teaching experience and the introduction of tax incentives linked to pay improvements. In universities and halls of residence, its priorities are reducing temporary contracts, adjusting staffing to activity, and facilitating access to regional training programmes.

The first event will be the delegates’ assembly on Thursday, 5 November, at the FSIE Nacional headquarters, at Calle Valverde, 13. There will be sessions at 10:30 and 12:30; the union added the second session due to the number of registrations.

Afterwards, digital meetings are scheduled for 19 and 26 November and 3 December, to gather proposals and coordinate staff actions. FSIE is considering demonstrations outside institutional headquarters in December 2026 and January 2027, although dates and locations have not yet been set. The campaign could continue through 2027.

The document brings together sectors with different working conditions and funding systems. This diversity is reflected in the measures proposed for each area. Dialogue with Education brings these demands together under a single union campaign. The professional career path is the main demand for teachers in the concertada sector.