Overview
- Argentina’s national university federations called a 72-hour strike for Nov. 12–14 to demand implementation of the University Financing Law and salary recomposition they say totals a 44% increase.
- The Milei administration promulgated the financing law on Oct. 21 but paused its application citing lack of budget allocations, prompting unions to prepare legal actions and visibility protests.
- Mexico’s CNTE set a 48-hour national stoppage for Nov. 13–14 seeking the abrogation of education and ISSSTE 2007 reforms and the reinstatement of a dialogue table with President Claudia Sheinbaum.
- CNTE Section 22 outlined high-impact actions for the two days, including a planned encirclement of Mexico’s National Palace, sit-ins, and tollbooth and government office takeovers, while Michoacán’s governor said the call is a national CNTE action and that state-level dialogue continues.
- Peru’s public university unions escalated to indefinite or intensified strikes at campuses such as UNP, UNSA and UNAP, pressing for salary homologation and higher budgets after only partial, undefined progress in talks.