Argentine University Union Front stages 48-hour strike

Buenos Aires, Apr 10 (Prensa Latina) The Trade Union Front of the National Universities of Argentina is staging a 48-hour strike on Wednesday in defense of public education and against the measures taken by the Government of President Javier Milei.

April 10, 2024
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The protest is part of a struggle plan to demand better wages, face inflation, fair pensions, and against cuts in the sector.

The Front and the Argentine University Federation also announced a national march on April 23 to continue a series of initiatives against the adjustments made by the Executive.

The critical situation in the universities and the science and technology system caused by Milei, the general attack on education, and the recent statement by Congressman Bertie Benegas claiming freedom to legitimize child labor have raised a response to defend the public, free, secular, and quality education, a press release from those organizations states.

Let us defend the public university, wages, the scholarships, the educational card, and those conditions that allow most students to remain within the system, the text adds.

It also demands the reinstatement of thousands of dismissed public administration workers.

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