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Teachers’ Unions Stage Nationwide Strike Tuesday; Most Public Schools to Close Across Argentina

The 24-hour stoppage presses for FONID restoration and the reopening of national wage talks after months without negotiations.

Overview

  • CTERA and the Buenos Aires provincial union front confirmed the 24-hour action for October 14, with widespread class suspensions in public schools and uneven participation in private institutions.
  • The main mobilization is set for 10 a.m. outside the National Congress in Buenos Aires, with concurrent protests, open classes, and caravans in provincial capitals.
  • Unions’ demands include reinstating the FONID, reconvening the Paritaria Nacional Docente, passing a new education financing law, boosting budgets and infrastructure funds, and protecting salaries and pensions.
  • Santa Fe and the City of Buenos Aires announced schools will remain open locally and said teachers who strike will face pay deductions or other sanctions.
  • University participation is partial through Conadu Histórica affiliates, and organizers link the protest to reduced national transfers and the 2026 budget plan that unions say weakens education funding.