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Argentina’s Major Teachers’ Unions Call March 2 National Strike, Putting School Year Start at Risk

The unions cite severe funding cuts, seeking a swift reconvening of national wage talks.

Overview

  • CTERA, UDA and CEA formally announced a nationwide stoppage for the date classes are scheduled to begin.
  • CTERA’s extraordinary congress led by Sonia Alesso set the action and a plan of marches, encampments and caravans.
  • Unions demand salary increases above inflation, the restoration of the FONID and a larger education budget.
  • In Buenos Aires Province, the FUDB confirmed participation and rejected the provincial government’s 3% pay offer.
  • UDA and CEA warned of the deepest education budget cut in decades and said repealed investment rules are hurting quality and technical education.