Through a meeting that was held on Friday, June 7, the National Federation of University Teachers confirmed a new national strike for next Tuesday, June 11 and Wednesday, June 12, to demand salary improvements and against the Bases Law. In San Juan, the unions of university teachers and non-teachers confirmed their adherence to the force measure.
Jaime Barcelona, general secretary of Adicus, confirmed to HUARPE DIARY adhering to the 48-hour strike measure. In this sense, through a statement they explained: “Minister Pettovello, in the last joint meeting, promised to process the funds before the economy and did not comply: she promised a proposal that contemplates the recognition of the salary loss, the updating of the salary guarantee , a monthly increase pattern according to inflation and training funds and to date did not offer any proposal. The joint meeting was to be held yesterday, Thursday, June 6, and as of today, at 6 p.m., the formal call for meeting was not received. parity for the next few days. The Trade Union Front of National Universities reports that it also demanded that the Minister restore the Fonid and the national teaching parity that sets the national reference salary floor for teaching.
For its part, Sidunsj issued a statement on its social networks affirming support for the measure of force, where they called “UNSJ teachers to strike without attendance at workplaces for 48 hours on June 11 and 12.” He also continued: “the Federal University March of April 23 made us interlocutors so that the national Government provides a structural solution that resolves the budgetary problem of Argentine Universities and, with it, the salary of its teaching and non-teaching workers who They have lost close to 50% of their purchasing power since Milei took office, and suffer from the suspension of Fonid payments, the lack of updating of student scholarships, the lack of provision of funds for research, while all works have been paralyzed. of infrastructure”.
In the case of the only non-teaching union, Apunsj stated through its official website that: “given the NO response to the salary claim of the university, non-teaching and teaching workers, Fedun calls for a 48-hour strike for the next 11 and 12 of June, without assistance to jobs”.
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