The Association of Professors of the Central University of Venezuela (APUCV) warned this Sunday that the precariousness of salaries affects the quality of university education.
«Without good working conditions it is impossible to attract the most talented people to the academic career and it is a titanic task to maintain the teaching staff.“the association said in a statement posted on the social network X.
«The desalarization of the teaching staff prevents the creation of a new generation of teachers and encourages the diaspora of Ucevista teachers, which is reflected in the reduction of more than 25% of the total number of active teachers and the fact that 49% of the total are retired.“, he added.
He also said that the salary freeze also affects the social security of teachers, since – he added – the contributions for programs and services, “Being related to their salaries, they have depreciated by approximately 76.54% in the last two years.«.
The minimum wage, the reference for all other public sector wages, remains at 130 bolivars per month, currently 3.5 dollars, 88% less than the 30 dollars it was equivalent to when it was last increased in March 2022, as a result of the devaluation of the local currency once morest the US currency.
In addition, public employees receive bonuses of up to a maximum of 130 dollars – paid in bolivars at the official rate – which do not generate benefits or labor liabilities.
On May 5, the Venezuelan Workers’ Confederation (CTV) demanded that the minimum wage be raised to $200 per month, as a strategy, it said, to “rescue the value of work.”
The confederation rejected the payment of bonuses, which, in its opinion, is a strategy used by “employers to the detriment of the value of productive work, the elimination of the salary and social benefits of the worker«.
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2024-07-07 08:26:54
