Teachers from seven provinces and Buenos Aires City will strike and march to demand fair wages and protest President Javier Milei’s decision to cut a national fund that contributes to teachers’ salaries. Before the strike was announced, the government said it would be opening wage negotiations on Tuesday, one day after the start of the school year in those districts. The union confederation had previously requested the government call for wage negotiations before classes started. You may also be interested in: Tension skyrockets as government calls Chubut’s warning ‘Chavista threat’In Argentina, national negotiations set the minimum wage for teachers countrywide. In Buenos Aires City, Mayor Jorge Macri warned that striking teachers would have their pay docked.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald February 26, 2024 12:22 UTC