Overview
- Dozens of teachers placed school desks and a protest banner on the M-30 access to the A-3 in Moratalaz, stopping traffic during the morning rush before the National Police cleared the road and traffic returned to normal.
- The action is part of an indefinite strike that is using targeted blockades to increase visibility and pressure the regional government to open talks.
- Teachers list concrete demands including smaller class ratios, reduced teaching hours, stronger support for students with diverse needs, higher pay, less administrative work and improved school infrastructure.
- Organizers complained of a lack of dialogue and what they called institutional mistreatment by Isabel Díaz Ayuso’s regional government, and the coverage records no substantive response from the authorities.
- Protest symbols such as green shirts for public education defenders and yellow garments from early-childhood staff show cross-sector participation and the blockade disrupted thousands of commutes, a tactic likely intended to raise the political cost for the government.