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Teacher Wage Standoffs Intensify in Jujuy, Chaco and Salta as Term Restart Looms

Teachers in Jujuy, Chaco and Salta are striking over insufficient inflation-linked offers, demanding full payment of bonuses, housing solutions, salary recomposition

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La administración Zdero responsabilizó a los exgobernadores Capitanich y Peppo por los problemas que presupuestarios.
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Overview

  • In Jujuy, CEDEMS, SADOP, UDA, ADEP presented a joint petition with demands for unrestricted payment of allowances—including ‘Frente a Alumnos’, ‘Enseñanza Inclusiva’—salary recomposition, housing solutions
  • Chaco’s government led by Leandro Zdero announced it cannot pay July’s trigger-clause increase due to inherited debt, putting the August 4 school reopening at risk, prompting threats of protest by ATECH, AMET
  • Salta’s executive unveiled a 23 percent wage package for 2025 with a 14 percent second-semester rise and a $50,000 bonus, which Sitepsa, ADP, AMET rejected, instituting strikes, mobilizations, consultations on further measures
  • Negotiations in Jujuy, Santa Fe and Tierra del Fuego are set to resume in early August following unresolved paritarias last week
  • Provincial authorities point to inherited debt, IMF-aligned inflation forecasts to justify constrained offers that teachers warn will erode real wages