The Government called an “urgent” meeting of teachers and offered 5.8% for October: unions consider it “insufficient”

In the midst of a 48-hour strike at public universities across the country and days before a new national march, the Government offered this thursday a parity of 6.8% for university professors at a joint meeting urgently summoned. The unions rejected as “insufficient”. He Ministry of Human Capital accused them of seeking “confrontation”.

The teaching and non-teaching unions denounce a loss of purchasing power of 55 points since last December. From the Ministry of Human Capitalresponsible for the university budget at the national level, do not deny it, but assure that similar increases have been given to the rest of the state workers.

The Secretary General of CONADU, Carlos de Feohe asked the Government “that if you really want to start a serious joint process, to present a proposal to resolve, in the shortest possible time, the situation of salary arrears“.

For by Ugly“the proposal itself It is very far from being on par with the state ones. because it does not recognize the enormous debt of more than 50 nominal points in the salaries of teachers and non-teachers. “It also does not resolve the issue of salary guarantee, fonid and other issues.”

Meanwhile, the FAGDUT He also rejected the offer as “insufficient” in a context of salary loss that exceeds 50 nominal points, and in the face of the possibility of a presidential veto of the University Financing Law. In this sense, the General Secretary of the union, Norberto Heyacaindicated: “The Government ‘turned off the tap’ so that this hotbed of knowledge, which is the public university, progressively ‘drys up’.” “Any nation that wants to progress can never have its teachers with salaries below the poverty line,” he complained.

The Deputy Secretary also referred to the salary issue, Joseph Gabrielewho expressed: “We participate in a joint venture that has been totally broken since January.” “They broke everything we had built in the last 30 years,” Gabriele emphasized, and exemplified this with the issue of salary guarantees that were annulled. “There are teachers who have not received a salary update so far in 2024,” said the leader.

The word of the Government

He Ministry of Human Capital defended the offer which he described as “Record increase”. In a statement published this Thursday, he assured that, despite the “scenario of struggle and challenge”, the Government made a proposal that would have made it possible to equalize the income of university teachers and non-teachers at equivalent levels of the National Public Employment System (SINEP).

“In a scenario of struggle and challenge, the Ministry of Human Capital presented an unprecedented proposal: an increase of 5.8% in addition to the 1% already established for teaching and non-teaching staff of National Universities, to be implemented in October” Human Capital stated in the statement.

At the same time, He accused the unions of seeking “confrontation” and other “interests”which does not clarify what they would be. “The rejection not only frustrates a historic salary advance, but also reveals the true interests of those who oppose a concrete improvement in income. “This decision, which is detrimental to the very sector they claim to represent, shows the resistance to accepting the improvements that arise from dialogue and consensus, betting instead on confrontation.”.

Part of the university unions accepted the salary proposal, but maintain a “state of alert”

The university unions considered the offer of a 5.8% salary increase “insufficient” and reiterated the call for the national march on October 2.

The salary offer and the march on October 2

He called to the joint meeting was surprising, with just two hours in advance. The unions believe that it was a maneuver by the Government to deactivate the strike of 48 that began this Thursday and the march on October 2. “The march does not slow down”they had advanced to Scope CONADU sources.

This is how he evaluated by Ugly the meeting. “It is no secret that this call is given due to the imminence of a massive march in rejection of the adjustment at the university,” he stated. The entire university community calls for a meeting on October 2 new national marchwhich is expected to be massive, against President Javier Milei’s announced veto of the university financing law.

In response to criticism from unions and authorities, Human Capital released this Wednesday a release where he states that “that the dialogue with universities has never been interrupted since the beginning of the current administration, as well as the efforts that have been made by the portfolio to guarantee the functioning of the National Universities, with the different actors that make up the activity.

CTERA announced a new teaching strike and a federal educational march

The Confederation of Education Workers of the Argentine Republic (CTERA) announced a new measure of force in its claim to the government for education policies: the union called for a national teacher strike for the next Wednesday, October 2. In addition, a new federal educational march.

The measure was announced through the social networks of the confederation led by Sonia Alesso. Among the main points of complaint, the union demands a greater budget for the educationthe restitution of the FONID and the rejection of the veto of the university financing bill.