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Gustavo Correa Elected to Lead SUTE as Peronist Alliance Sweeps Province

A single slate retained all 18 departments for the first time since 2013.

Overview

  • The Frente por la Escuela Pública, an Azul Naranja–Celeste alliance, took roughly 50% of the vote and won across all 18 departments, securing every local branch.
  • Correa, a CTA Mendoza leader linked to kirchnerismo, will assume the post in November with Gisela Denia Merelo as deputy and César Maturano in the labor role.
  • Outgoing leader Carina Sedano shifts to the union’s Education Secretariat, signaling continuity in the leadership’s agenda.
  • About 60% of SUTE’s roughly 22,000 members voted after the provincial education authority authorized brief work absences to cast ballots without pay loss.
  • Correa credited gains in teacher pay rankings and a "stop losing" strategy for the win, while Governor Alfredo Cornejo pointed to salary improvements in his reaction.