Overview

• The 24-hour walkout is in effect today with a central rally at 10 a.m. outside Congress and widespread marches and traffic disruptions across provinces.
• Unions call for a new Education Financing Law, the restitution of FONID with owed sums, the reconvening of the national pay talks, higher budgets and infrastructure funds, and better wages and pensions.
• The FUDB bloc in Buenos Aires province adheres, many provincial unions join, private-school participation varies by locality, and UDA stays out as it pursues negotiations.
• Authorities in jurisdictions including Buenos Aires City and Santa Fe warned they will dock pay for absences, while the Education Secretariat criticized the action as political and no meeting with national officials is scheduled.
• The protest unfolds as unions reject the 2026 budget proposal, highlighting the planned removal of the 6% of GDP education funding target and the end of FONID as key grievances.