The Ministry of Human Capital has called for the table of the Guaranteed Minimum Teacher Salary (SMDG) for Monday, February 24, following the announcement of a two-day teacher strike. In this meeting, which will take place at 3 PM in the Ministry of Labor, national teacher unions, the Federal Council of Education (CFE), and private school associations will participate, having a voice but not a vote.
The main objective of the table is to address salary negotiations for the education sector. This meeting arises within the framework of a dialogue initiated by the ministries of Education and Labor to find solutions to the teachers' demands.
The teacher unions affiliated with the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) have decided not to start the school calendar and have scheduled two national strikes, one for February 24 and another for March 5. The main reason for this measure is the demand for salary increases, stating that negotiations have been stagnant since August of last year.
In a press conference organized by the Confederation of Educators of Argentina (CEA), it was reported that the minimum teacher salary remains at $420,000, an amount they consider insufficient. Fabián Feldman, general secretary of the CEA, stated that the National Government has not responded to their requests for salary increases and that, consequently, they are forced to take action.
Feldman expressed that, due to the lack of dialogue and responses from the Government, teachers feel the need to hold strikes and other actions to make their demands heard. Despite having presented their demands to the competent authorities, they have not yet received a satisfactory response.
Other important teacher unions such as the Confederation of Education Workers (CTERA), the Union of Argentine Teachers (UDA), and the Association of Technical Teaching Masters (AMET) have joined this position, supporting the actions taken by the CEA and CGT in search of salary improvements for teachers.
