From Tucumán, Corrientes, Chaco and Salta the authorities called for the support of the entire society. “The budget project raised by the Executive Branch represents practically half of what the Council of Rectors requested,” they said.
Session of the Superior Council of the UNNE in which the claim of the Council of Rectors was adhered to.
The different levels of the northern public universities are preparing to actively participate in the national march called for next Wednesday, October 2, against the defunding of public education and the possible presidential veto of the University Financing Law approved by Congress on September 13, announced but still without specification. The authorities of the National University of Tucumán (UNT) called for the march, the Superior Council of the National University of the Northeast (UNNE) adhered to a document critical of the Council of Rectors (CIN)while the National University of Salta (UNSA) will coordinate next week’s mobilization with the CGT and other unions.
In the run-up to this second federal march – called by rectors, students and workers – a 48-hour strike is being carried out throughout the country in public universities, within the framework of a fight plan with identical demands, which is pushed by the teaching, research and non-teaching unions. Compliance on the first day was high, he noted. Liza Hortt, general secretary of the Association of National University Workers (ATUN)which contains UNNE employees, who share Chaco and Corrientes. While in the first province the adhesion was around 90%, in the second it was close to 65%, indicated the leader. “The non-teaching and teaching colleagues understand what is at stake and always come out to defend the public university,” said the general secretary.
From the UNTthis Wednesday, the rector Sergio Paganiand the vice-rector Mercedes Lealexpressed themselves in favor of next week’s mobilization and also agreed to ask that society join the march. For Pagani, one of the main problems was the lack of dialogue. “There was no exercise of joint agreements and the link with the CIN authorities was scarce,” he said. In dialogue with ScopeLeal explained that the University Financing Law It will allow the salaries of teachers and non-teachers to be updated but, most importantly, it will give “some peace of mind” to face 2025, as it relates to teaching, research and university extension activities. Asked about the Budget 2025 that will be debated in Congress noted: “The project raised by the Executive Branch represents practically half of what the Interuniversity Council requested.” “What is also serious is that there was no dialogue process between the Government and the universities, which always tends to happen, it is negotiated, but this time it did not happen,” he concluded.
Meanwhile, this last Wednesday Superior Council of the UNNE unanimously adhered to the CIN document, against the deepening of defunding and the dehierarchization of the scientific and university system. In addition, adherence to the federal march was endorsed. “The approved document is based on the fact that so far there are no solutions to the central issues that have been raised, such as updating the teaching and non-teaching salary, the consolidation of the university budget, the possible instance of the veto of the University Financing Law approved in Congress, as well as the 2025 National Budget with insufficient resources for universities,” said the rector Omar Larrozaafter the session. It is expected that this Friday there will be an identical decision from the UNT Superior Council.
In Salta, the vice-rector of the National University of that province (UNSA), Nicolás Innamorato; the secretary of University Extension, Rubén Correa, and the undersecretary of Student Affairs, Sol Ramírez, met with the Local CGTwhich was represented by Fabián Guerrero, from the Pastry Chefs Union, Stella Maris Mimessi, from the non-university teaching staff (APUNSa); Daniel Amidei, from UDA and Silvia Sosa, from SOEME, among others. In addition, Jorge Muguertigue from SUETRA (Tobacco), Juan Pablo Cayo Maturano from SUETRA (Education), and the Secretary General of the CTA, Julio Molina, were also present.
Inamorato He thanked the union authorities for their presence and went on to describe the financial and economic situation of the national universities, ensuring that today they are more destabilized than ever. That is why he maintained that the University Financing Law It would allow “having a financial buffer so that 2025 can continue with the normal activities carried out by universities.”
The meeting was to coordinate the characteristics of next Wednesday’s march and at the end, Innamorato said: “the financial and economic situation of national universities is more destabilized than ever. Therefore, the University Financing Law would allow us to have a band of financial float for 2025 to pass with the normal activities carried out by universities”. He called on society to mobilize in defense of the educational system, considering that access to education is key to individual and collective development. “I believe that society should finance education and really make it easier for people who want to study to receive their education,” he concluded.
Source: Ambito
