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Teachers in Jujuy Stage Multi-Day Strikes as Province Moves to Dock Pay

The walkouts reflect rejection of a 4% raise and raise the prospect of broader coordinated pressure on wages and public staffing.

Overview

  • CEDEMS launched a formal 72-hour strike starting Monday with provincial mobilizations and a day-long permanence at Plaza Belgrano, and the union said it may call a new assembly to decide next steps.
  • The Jujuy government confirmed it will deduct pay for CEDEMS strike days and treat absences by informal 'docentes autoconvocados' as unauthorized with possible administrative sanctions.
  • ADEP’s provisional junta denied calling the 72-hour stoppage that autoconvocados and the Hormiguero Docente group promote, while those groups demand a 50% raise and that the starting salary match the basic food basket.
  • UDA Seccional Jujuy announced a 48-hour strike and work-to-rule that curtails voluntary duties, signaling a wider provincial teacher revolt over the 4% offer.
  • Nationally, ATE has scheduled a countrywide public-sector strike and march to the Economy Ministry for August 3, a move that could align state workers with education unions and amplify pressure on provincial and federal authorities.