But this year, classrooms could remain empty as teaching unions mull provincial and national strikes to demand wage negotiations. Presidential Spokesperson Manuel Adorni said last week that the government was considering opening wage negotiations soon, but a decision had yet to be made. In Argentina, national negotiations set the minimum wage for teachers countrywide. “They never told us these funds would not be paid, nor that they wouldn’t be opening wage negotiations,” she said. Governors including Axel Kicillof in Buenos Aires province and Gustavo Valdés in Corrientes decided in January to pay teachers the remaining money from provincial resources.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald February 20, 2024 02:44 UTC