The university crisis deepens. Following the announcement of the veto of the university budget made by the president Javier Mileithe Argentine Federation of Workers of National Universities (FATUN) and the ADUBA (teaching) and APUBA (non-teaching) unions of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) called this Tuesday to a arrest for the Thursday, September 26.
Together, ADUBA and APUBA They spread a series of measures to demand for salary increases and defend the university budget law voted in the Senate by a large majority last week. In addition to the arreston Tuesday 24th at 10 they will do a I embrace the Hospital de Clínicas. Shortly after, FATUN joined the strike “without attending the workplace.”
It is likely that the other members of the National University Trade Union Front will also call for a strike in the coming days. In communication with Scopethe Secretary General of FEDUBA of UBA Teachers, Pablo Perazziannounced that next Thursday he will take the plenary session of the National Federation of University Teachers (CONADU) the proposal of a 48-hour strike for September 26 and 27deadline for Milei to veto the university budget.
Similar measures are being considered by CONADU Histórica, the Federation of University Teachers (FEDUN), CTERA, the Union of Teachers of the UTN (FAGDUT) and the Union of Argentine Teachers (UDA). The holding of a national university march on October 2 is also being considered, if President Milei finally fulfills his promise to veto the protest.
University funding: the differences between the government and universities
With 57 votes in favor, 10 against and 1 abstention, the Senate approved the University Financing Law last week. The law provides for an increase in the budget allocations for the operation of higher education institutions, as well as an update in the salaries of teachers and non-teaching staff.
The measure would generate a fiscal impact of $735.598 millionwhich represents 0.14% of GDP, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
In return, The 2025 Budget presented by Milei authorizes a total expenditure for national universities of $3.8 billion and, if approved, would enable an audit scheme with which the Ministry of Human Capital could suspend transfers. This It is about half of what the National Interuniversity Council (CIN) is asking for for educational institutions to continue operating, which is $7.2 billion.
Added to this is the fact that the suspension of the Teacher Incentive Fund, which has been in effect since January and which has provoked complaints from the opposition in the Chamber of Deputies, which has sought, although still unsuccessfully due to differences in the opposition blocs, to pass a law to restore the FONID.
From the opposition, promoters of the initiative for university financing anticipated that, as soon as the presidential veto comes to light, They are going to call a special session to insist on the law, in parallel with a new national university march.
Source: Ambito
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