Hundreds of teachers gathered in the SUTEBA Multicolor List, confronted with the leadership of Roberto Baradel, protested this Tuesday at the building of the General Directorate of Culture and Education to demand a salary increase that equates salaries to the family basket and building improvements. Following the protest, the minister Alberto Sileoni suspended a press conference that he was going to lead to talk about the gas works in schools.
The mobilization at the gates of the building of 13 between 56 and 57 began this Tuesday morning to request an increase in wages, creation of positions and a protocol for the care of children and teachers, in addition to better building conditions and the cessation of the discounts for the strike carried out at the end of April. At one point, the demonstrators filled the interior of the building and maintained a takeover for a few minutes.. Later they withdrew to the gardens to await an answer.
“Today we mobilize the Ministry of Education of the province of Buenos Aires demanding a salary recomposition that removes the teacher salary today in 130 thousand pesos from the situation of being below the poverty line. We have already been demanding with different strikes and mobilizations, but the parity has stagnated and there is no offer from the government that really recomposes purchasing power,” he told 0221.com.ar Eric Simonettia benchmark in the sector.
“We have been losing wages for many years and the situation can’t take it anymore, that’s why the mobilization is so important, so forceful. So we expect a favorable response from the governor and that this situation of remarking constant prices that end up squandering the purchasing power of wages,” he added.
The referent also clarified that “there was no takeover” of the building and that they demonstrated at the door, the steps and the hall of the building while waiting for a meeting with the authorities, who finally received them.
