University of Sonora Presents 89 Million-Peso Offer as STAUS Strike Persists

The package is meant to restart classes for about 40,000 students and tests whether the university’s fiscal constraints can meet the union’s demand for higher pay.

Overview

The university on June 1 put a new 89 million-peso proposal to STAUS that bundles the SEP-authorized 4% wage increase with 12 million pesos from the state and 9 million from the university for targeted measures.
STAUS rejected the offer as economically insufficient and reaffirmed its demand for a salary rise above the federal cap while citing a roughly 40% loss of purchasing power since 1990.
The package includes an extra 1% for some adjunct professors, assignment-level promotions, ISSSTESON health measures for part-time staff, and new rules for hiring contests aimed at stabilizing hourly faculty.
Negotiators report limited procedural progress on a gradual plan to regularize withheld income-tax (ISR) obligations and a few resolved contract-violation cases, but most grievances remain open.
The dispute exposes deeper fiscal problems at Unison, including a multi-year ISR liability tied to payroll withholding that has strained budgets and complicated any move to raise base salaries.