Overview
- Multiple national federations announced synchronized stoppages beginning October 28 timed to the congressional budget debate and sustained protest weeks into mid-November.
- Conadu set a first strike for the budget debate and a protest week starting November 16 while Conadu Histórica and COAD declared a full-week strike from October 28 to November 3.
- The federation of non-teaching staff Fatun scheduled four national strike days on October 28 and on November 3, 12 and 16 and some local unions are still voting on joining those dates.
- The dispute follows a Supreme Court ruling in favor of universities but the national Executive has filed successive legal and administrative measures to delay the law’s full application.
- Unions say the Ley de Financiamiento Universitario would trigger about a 33.4% automatic salary adjustment and some groups demand an immediate 32% recomposition plus multi-month arrears, a change that would directly raise pay and operating budgets across public universities.