A flag of the CGT union is carried past the picket line. Teachers and education workers picketed and marched in Esplugues de Llobregat, near Barcelona, on September 8, 2026, the first day of the school year in Catalonia, on a strike day called by education unions including USTEC-STES, Intersindical and CGT Ensenyament, demanding better pay and working conditions, more resources and smaller class sizes in public schools. Esplugues De Llobregat Spain - ZUMAs392 20260908_zip_s392_015

A flag of the CGT union is carried past the picket line. Teachers and education workers picketed and marched in Esplugues de Llobregat, near Barcelona, on September 8, 2026, the first day of the school year in Catalonia, on a strike day called by education unions including USTEC-STES, Intersindical and CGT Ensenyament, demanding better pay and working conditions, more resources and smaller class sizes in public schools. Esplugues De Llobregat Spain - ZUMAs392 20260908_zip_s392_015

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September 8, 2026, Esplugues De Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain: A flag of the CGT union is carried past the picket line. Teachers and education workers picketed and marched in Esplugues de Llobregat, near Barcelona, on September 8, 2026, the first day of the school year in Catalonia, on a strike day called by education unions including USTEC-STES, Intersindical and CGT Ensenyament, demanding better pay and working conditions, more resources and smaller class sizes in public schools. Esplugues De Llobregat Spain - ZUMAs392 20260908_zip_s392_015

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