2024-08-12 00:30:00
Within the framework of the “battle plan” for wage claims, the university unions have not reached a joint agreement with the national government, They approved a strike for next Monday. In response, they said the state administration “has not responded to requests from university staff.”
Deputy Secretary for University Policy, Alejandro Alvarezand counterparts in public employment development and modernization, maria rosana reggieThe comments were received by a group of representatives of university teaching and non-teaching unions and state university rectors at a joint meeting at the Palazzo Sarmiento on Friday afternoon.
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The meeting was held in Villa Peñalosa Hall and was attended by the National Federation of University Teachers (konadu), History Conadu (Conado), Federation of Educators of the Argentine Republic (CTERA), University Teachers Federation (Feton), National University of Science and Technology Teachers Union Federation (FAGDUT), Argentine Teachers Union (Ouda) and the Confederation of National University Workers of Argentina (skin).
Against this background, as a statement from the Ministry of Human Capital points out, government representatives “stressed that there will be continuity in the university joint venture in the medium term”. In addition, during the meeting, the union proposed “It grew 3% in August and 2% in September.based on the national general policy.”
After “failure to reach an understanding,” both parties agreed to create a “tripartite technical committee Seeking to integrate the differences noted by union members with the Government’s proposals.
In turn, regarding the beginning of the second quarter, the government representative stressed that “its continuity is guaranteed because from a budgetary point of view, the funding of state universities, that is, their operating expenses, Guarantees have been obtained in a timely manner, beyond the measures announced by the Alliance”.
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Meanwhile, unions that bring together teachers at higher education institutions They approved force measures and “days of visibility” of protest. “On August 12th, the second semester of UBA will not start, and there will be teaching and non-teaching strikes throughout the day. August 13th and 14th will be the days when the protests will become visible. On the 20th and 21st, new ones will be held protests.Aduba) on social networks.
In this way, the staff of the national universities belonging to all trade unions and federations confirmed that classes will not start in the second semester. “The Milais government continues to make recommendations below inflation rateexceeding the industry’s cumulative delays for all of 2024,” they denounced.
They added: “For example, in the city of Buenos Aires, where data for July are already known, the inflation rate is 5.1%. As no other scenario could have been possible, the proposal was unanimously rejected.”.
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In this regard, the Secretary-General of FEDUN, Daniel Rich“Despite the fact that the government has not responded to our complaints We have lost more than 50% of our salary this year Due to inflation and rising poverty, the Ministry of Human Capital decided unilaterally”.
“This has worsened the situation for staff at national universities.which is why our fight is planned to continue this Monday, with higher education institutions across the country not opening classes for the second semester,” he added.
FEDUN Secretary General Daniel Ricci denounced that “more than 50%” of wages in the university sector have been lost this year. In itself, Emiliano CaganacciThe Secretary-General of ADUBA said, “This decision on university salaries made by the Ministry of Human Capital closely related to the national model they imagined.”.
“Our work is about developmentand a future of health professionals who will assist us, of engineers who will plan the routes we will travel, and of architects who will design the homes we will live in. And there are the lawyers who will defend us and those who are working on drugs that can cure us, and many other examples,” he continued.
“We train the vast majority of people in public universities. Through the actions taken by the government on the university system, Checking out our dream country project“, he concluded.
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