Overview

• Rector Ricardo Gelpi, the vice-rector and the 13 deans released a video asking the President not to veto the law and to implement it without delay.
• The statute approved on August 22 mandates monthly inflation updates for salaries and operating costs, reopens collective bargaining, orders salary recomposition from December 2023 and creates targeted funds including a 10,000 million‑peso pool.
• The Executive had not issued the necessary reglamentation two weeks after Senate passage, and Javier Milei has until Thursday, September 11, to veto the measure, according to La Nación.
• UBA remains under a declared emergency since March due to eroded pay, staff departures and strained services affecting students and university hospitals.
• The law cleared the Senate with 58 votes in favor against 10 opposed and 3 abstentions, and university unions and rectors warn of protests and a national strike by Conadu if a veto occurs.