A first-year teaching assistant earns less than $140,000 per month, well below the poverty and indigence line. With these salaries, the State “seeks to empty the public university of its best professionals,” said the RA Center.
The University workers’ salaries lost 55% Front of cumulative inflation in 2024 (79.8%) and was relegated unlike other labor sectors such as banking, trade and construction. This was reported by the RA Center of the Economy faculty of the Buenos Aires’ University (UBA)a higher education institution that declared last week the salary emergency for teachers and non-teaching staff.
While the university teachers and non-teaching staff suffered losses of 55% against inflation, other sectors such as trade, construction and banking fell between 10 and 13% compared to the consumer price index. That is, Their salaries have risen by 70% so far this year, while teachers’ salaries have risen by only 25%.
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Wage emergency: how much does a university worker earn per hour?
“The adjustment affects different sectors, but university teachers and non-teaching staff much more”points out Centro RA. In this sense, it compares what a university professor charges per hour ($3,602) in the face of what they perceive as a Retail cashier ($4,156)a seller ($4,340)a Preschool teacher in CABA ($6,707) and a banking ($7,574).
“To understand the seriousness of the situation, we decided to make the situation visible. consumption capacity of a university professor “who trained for years and is in charge of an entire course,” they indicated from the center and compared what a teacher could buy with his salary. teacher with the position of 1st class assistantwhat win $138,680 per month and with one day of work you can buy 2 kilos of bread, half a kilo of vacuum-packed food and two 1.75 litre soft drinks.
For these reasons, last Wednesday, July 10, the Higher Council of the University of Buenos Aires expressed his “worry” due to the lack of salary agreement between the unions with the Government after more than six months of negotiations and unanimously declared the wage emergency.
“A State that mistreats its teachers with salaries below the poverty line seeks to empty the public university of its best professionals. It is a signal to the whole society that knowledge and scientific training are not valued by the authorities.”concluded from the RA Center.
Source: Ambito
