Dozens of people during a teachers' demonstration in defense of public education on May 8, 2024, in Madrid (Spain). Today begins the first of two days of strike in public education called by the unions of the Mesa Sectorial, UGT, CCOO, CSIF and ANPE, which have been joined by CGT, CNT, STEM and the Asamblea Menos Lectivas. Some of the teachers' demands are the reduction of the teaching hours, the salary equalization with other autonomous communities, or the improvement of the attention to diversity, in view of the lack of agreement in the negotiation of the new Sectorial Teaching Agreement between the unions and the Government of the Community of Madrid. 08 MAY 2024 Fernando Sánchez / Europa Press 05/08/2024 (Europa Press via AP)