You have to go back to 2019, during the last of Mauricio Macri's government, to find a beginning of class with teaching conflict.
This Wednesday,
the Ctera union warned at a press conference that the start of classes is in danger
.
The Kircher leader Roberto Baradel
(Suteba) participated in the event
, who was defiant with the government of Javier Milei and warned: "We will confront those who want to destroy public education."
The Confederation of Education Workers today reiterated its request to the national government for the "urgent convocation" of the national teachers' union, a few days before the beginning of the school year throughout the country.
"We call the attention of the Government of Javier Milei to
convene joint meetings
and resolve this conflict, and also to the provincial governments to do the same, otherwise
the start of classes is in danger
," warned the general secretary of the union, Sonia Alesso, at a press conference at the union headquarters, located at Chile 654.
In this framework, the Ctera union leaders exposed "the serious salary situation of teachers and retirees" and maintained: "We care about the classes of the kids."
As they explained, "since November there have been no increases and inflation and the adjustment in rates has caused a significant loss of purchasing power."
Likewise, Ctera requested the national government "to comply with the Educational Financing Law and to send economic resources to the provinces for the FONID, the Salary Inequalities Compensation Fund and school cafeterias."
In turn, the Secretary General of Suteba, Roberto Baradel, said that the provinces are going through "a very serious situation because they did not send the corresponding transfers."
"
We want Milei's government to comply with the law, to call us to joint meetings.
Today (Axel) Kicillof called us, he took charge of the teaching incentive, unlike the Nation," he compared in relation to the governor of the province of Buenos Aires. Aires, with whom he maintains a close bond.
"The President harms the people of Buenos Aires and the citizens of each of the provinces who are not going to have the necessary conditions to sustain public education and who are going to see their salaries decreased due to the cuts he is making," questioned Baradel, in dialogue with
Radio 10.
In 2019, with the Macri government, 18 provinces had not reached an agreement with the sector's unions and Ctera had called for a national strike for 48 hours.
The CGT unions, on the other hand, had not stopped.
On the other hand, during Alberto Fernández's administration there was no national teaching strike at any start of classes.
Ctera went on strike on rare occasions and for situations unrelated to salaries, such as when he called one in 2022 due to the arrest of a union member from Chubut who had set fire to the Legislature.
"The attacks come when they want to destroy public education. They defunded public education, but those of us who have the voice do not remain silent and confront them. They try to demonize those of us who stand up to say that what they are doing is wrong." , pointed out the leader.
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