Economía

Jujuy teachers stop for 48 hours to complain about "undue discounts" in salaries

The Association of Provincial Educators demands that the provincial government immediately return the withholdings for the strike days of June and July. They denounced "disproportionate" cuts and also applied to teachers who did not adhere to the forceful measures.

  • 20/09/2023 • 01:43

Starting this Monday, initial and primary level teachers from Jujuy will carry out a 48-hour strike without attendance at the workplaces to demand from the Government of Gerardo Morales "the return of the days of strike and the demand for immediate payment of undue discounts." union sources reported.

 

The Association of Provincial Educators (Adep), which brings together this teaching sector, will comply with the measure because the Government once again deducted teachers' strike days from their salaries, in accordance with the latest settlement, and because of the which "a new file will be initiated for the corresponding legal claims."

 

A first file presented by the union, related to discounts for the months of June and July, when teaching strikes were carried out for an indefinite period with massive marches in the province, is in the evidentiary stage in the Contentious Administrative Court.

 

The call is scheduled for 10 in front of the headquarters of the Ministry of Education, located in the Malvinas Argentinas neighborhood.

 

For their part, secondary and higher education teachers will hold an "awareness day in schools" on Monday and on Tuesday they will carry out a 24-hour strike and mobilization from their union headquarters.

 

On the first day they will disseminate "the legal presentation demanding undue discounts on salaries" carried out by the provincial government.

 

Likewise, they will make visible the slogans of the union struggle: "Up with salaries, down with discounts. There is money. Parity and trigger clause now! Enough persecution. Workers' unity. Down with the (constitutional) reform."

 

The teaching unions of Jujuy maintain that "the province has the money from the federal co-participation to guarantee salary increases, trigger clause and decent parities."

 

According to Cedems, discounts were applied to teachers who "did not adhere to the forceful measures" and among other irregularities they reported "disproportionate discounts with no correlation with the number of hours taught on strike days," which are "between $8,000 and $150,000." " in some cases