Overview
- CONADU Histórica has called a total strike at all 57 national universities from August 11 to 17, to be followed by daily rolling 48-hour stoppages from August 18 through September 7.
- Unions at the University of Buenos Aires including ADUBA, APUBA, FEDUBA and UTE-CTERA plan a 24-hour strike on August 11 and campus-wide visibility events on August 12, delaying the second-semester start.
- Academic staff say their real wages have fallen by over 50% since December 2023 and accuse the government of failing to convene paritaria negotiations under President Milei.
- Progressive budget cuts and inflation have driven about 10,000 faculty resignations and strained university health insurance and pension systems, putting the 2025 academic cycle at risk.
- The Chamber of Deputies approved a University Financing Law with a ₱10,000 million endowment and a plan to raise university spending to 1.5% of GDP by 2031, and it now faces a Senate debate