Overview
- Mexico’s CONTU says real wages have eroded and is proposing a national strike across 34 autonomous public universities, pressing for raises above a 4% cap and improved salary-linked benefits.
- Union leaders in Mérida report a structural shortfall of roughly 2 million student places and say about 52,000 of 300,000 university workers earn the minimum wage.
- In Madrid, the 26 deans of the Complutense read a manifesto at Puerta del Sol asserting the current financing model is insufficient and warning of risks to teaching, research and infrastructure.
- The regional government counters that universities are “perfectly financed,” pointing to €1,239.7 million for 2026, a 6.5% rise, while attributing some protests to ideology and faulting UCM for over-hiring.
- Officials confirm a loan to UCM under favorable terms with financial oversight, note UCM has submitted an initial draft recovery plan, and sector strikes are called for November 26–27.