Although the government and teachers had already called for parity For this year, the Buenos Aires Teaching Unity Front (FUTB) requested that the negotiations be reactivated as a result of high inflationary pressure.
Although in the initial agreement the Commission established a salary increase of 52% for this year, paid in 5 installments, teachers consider it necessary to reopen parity as soon as possible.
For this reason, they have summoned the Technical Salary Commission of the sector to reopen the paritygiven that they consider that “the conditions for joint review and monitoring are in place”.
The union also stressed that with rising inflation, which had a negative impact on food rates, teachers urgently require a salary adjustment that takes these considerations into account.
“We emphasize that inflation in March, in addition to setting a new record, should be considered even higher, given that the fundamental consumption of the teaching basket is food,” they said.
They also detailed that it was urgent “to strengthen the income of workers, and to follow the path of salary recovery that has been developing since 2020.”
The union also insisted that the review of the salary adjustment was necessary to guarantee the rights of teachers, as well as decent working conditions.
“We ratify the need to generate spaces for discussion and work with a view to quality public education in which the institutional conditions of schools and the working conditions of teachers are guaranteed.”
What was agreed in the February parity
The Commission signed a salary increase of 52% on February 25, in which it was established that the rise would be made in 5 installments, paid in March, April, July, September and November.
Thus, the increase of $26,000 would be paid in this way: 3,000 in March; $2,000 in April; $5,000 in July and $4,000 in September. Then in November another $2,000 would be paid and a new meeting would be held to define the distribution of the remaining $10,000.
