Overview
- Faculty launched a week-long strike that began Wednesday, Oct. 28, while non-teaching staff carried out a 24-hour stoppage that day as part of a coordinated national campaign.
- Unions demand full enforcement of the financing law, payment of overdue salaries, free collective wage talks and explicit inclusion of required funds in the 2027 budget.
- FATUN approved additional 24-hour stoppages for Nov. 3, 12 and 16 and signaled plans for legal action to incorporate guaranteed salary amounts into basic pay, while Conadu Histórica will reconvene on Nov. 6 to decide next steps.
- The measures will push affected units past 40 days of lost class time and have forced pre-university and faculty programs to compress curricula and adjust academic calendars.
- The dispute extends into politics and the courts because the law was passed by Congress and implementation and budgeting remain contested between universities and the national executive branch, prompting institutional visibility efforts such as a CIN letter to the Pope.