Overview

• University and pre‑university staff completed a second straight 48‑hour national stoppage on Aug. 27, with new 48‑hour strikes set for Sept. 1–2.
• The Human Capital Ministry proposed a 7.5% raise to be applied between September and November, including 3.95% with August pay, plus a one‑time 25,000‑peso bonus per full‑time post, which unions dismissed as insufficient.
• The Senate approved a University Financing Law that would mandate inflation‑linked, retroactive salary recomposition from Dec. 1, 2023 and require regular collective bargaining, though unions warn it may be vetoed by President Javier Milei.
• The conflict has produced 23 lost class days and growing concern at the National University of the Littoral over disruptions to its pre‑university schools serving more than 2,000 students.
• Strike adherence remains uneven, with strong participation in many UNLP schools but low compliance in some faculties and reports of no stoppages at UnCuyo, while unions hold public classes and rallies and plan a national march on Sept. 16.