Public and private teachers’ unions today announced they will conduct nationwide strikes, following the Macri administration’s refusal to re-open collective bargaining (or salary increases) negotiations. While public school teachers’ union (Ctera), announced their strike for August 24 and will march in different provinces, private school teachers’ union (Sadop), have decided to strike on September 2. Moreover, the union representing public school teachers in Buenos Aires Province (Suteba) — which already went on strike last week — decided to strike again for 48 hours sometime between late August and early September. It’s also important to clarify that the national collective bargaining agreement is not the final salary increase for teachers: each teachers’ union negotiates with its respective province, which actually pays teachers. Public school teachers in Buenos Aires Province, for example, agreed on a 43.6 percent salary increase.

Source: The Bubble August 18, 2016 13:52 UTC