Overview
- Government negotiators met at Palacio Pizzurno on Thursday and repeated an offer of 3% for September plus 3% for October that unions immediately rejected.
- Unions announced short stoppages for Sept. 18 and Sept. 22, a staggered 23-day UBA strike from Sept. 21 to Oct. 22, and a nationwide Marcha Federal Universitaria set for Oct. 15.
- The 2027 budget draft assigns about 7.34 trillion pesos to national universities while the Council of Universities (CIN) says it needs roughly 11 trillion, creating a funding shortfall and a clause that would require universities to justify spending to the ministry.
- The dispute includes an active legal fight: Judge Martín Cormick ordered application of articles 5 and 6 of Law 27.795 for salary recomposition and scholarships, a precautionary measure has been upheld after the Supreme Court’s June action, and unions say the Executive has not fully complied.
- Unions calculate a roughly 32–33% loss of purchasing power and speak of a multi-month salary 'debt,' warnings that prolonged strikes and the budget gap could impair teaching, hospital services and research and endanger the start of the 2027 academic year.