Argentina teacher wages, salary disputes, and cuts

Timeline

1. 5 days ago

   [POLITICS] 13 sources

   Argentina's CONICET protests over 400 postdoctoral researchers' funding

   Around 400 CONICET post‑doctoral researchers in Argentina protested in Buenos Aires, demanding 2‑3 bn peso extensions to their scholarships until CICYT 2025 results, despite the Milei government saying no funds

2. 14 days ago

   [POLITICS] 5 sources

   San Luis, Argentina raises municipal workers' salaries by 10%

   San Luis municipality approved a 10% salary hike for its workers, raising cumulative pay to 17% and converting a $30,000 allowance into regular wages; the unemployment aid subsidy was raised to 460,000 pesos.

3. 19 days ago

   [TECHNOLOGY] 4 sources

   Argentina's CONICET cuts postdoc scholarships, launches director contest

   CONICET slashed postdoctoral scholarships by 40% and faces protests, while jointly with UNC launching a public contest to appoint directors of four Córdoba research centers.

4. 21 days ago

   [POLITICS] 33 sources

   Argentina sees wave of provincial and municipal salary talks

   Argentina’s provinces and municipalities are deep in salary negotiations, with teachers and public‑sector unions demanding higher raises, while several governments decree modest increases amid stalled talks.

5. 23 days ago

   [POLITICS] 4 sources

   Agmer plans provincial strike as Senate debates Entre Ríos pension reform

   Agmer rejects government salary offers and plans a strike as Entre Ríos Senate debates a controversial pension‑reform bill, prompting broader union protests.

6. 25 days ago

   [POLITICS] 2 sources

   Argentina sees new union strike plan and Senate debate on property law

   Argentina’s unions plan July‑August protests toward a general strike, while the Senate prepares to debate a property‑law reform easing foreign land purchases and fast‑track evictions.

7. 26 days ago

   [POLITICS] 2 sources

   Argentina's CONICET risks losing 379 postdoctoral researchers

   Nearly 380 CONICET postdoctoral fellows in Argentina may lose their jobs on 1 August due to budget cuts, sparking protests and fears of a brain‑drain.

8. 27 days ago

   [POLITICS] 2 sources

   Argentina and Uruguay See Major Public Education Funding Reductions

   Argentina's education budget fell nearly 48% in 2024‑25, slashing university transfers and scholarships, while Uruguay's study shows public schooling spending equals about 20% of beneficiary households' income,

9. 27 days ago

   [POLITICS] 7 sources

   Entre Ríos government’s 6% salary offer rejected by teachers and state workers, negotiations continue

   Entre Ríos’ 6% wage proposal was rejected by teachers and state‑worker unions, who cite inflation and delayed payments; negotiations have moved to a fourth intermediate stage with a new offer due by 8 July.

10. 27 days ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources

    Argentina university teachers threaten strike after court upholds financing law

    Argentina’s Supreme Court upheld the University Financing Law, prompting the teachers’ federation Conadu to warn of renewed strikes and class disruptions as salary increases fall short of the law’s requirements

11. 30 days ago

    [POLITICS] 4 sources

    Argentina's UNER and CNEA Face Major Funding Cuts and Scholarship Collapse

    UNER decries CNEA staff cuts and budget slashes, urging protection of nuclear capabilities, while Progresar scholarships at the university fell 55% from 2023 to 2025.

12. about 1 month ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources

    Argentina Supreme Court Orders Milei Government to Enforce University Funding Law

    Argentina’s Supreme Court ordered President Milei’s government to implement the university financing law, updating salaries and scholarships for inflation and rejecting the administration’s appeal.

13. about 1 month ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources

    Argentina secures wage hikes for Gualcamayo miners and Mendoza judicial staff

    Argentina's Gualcamayo miners will receive a 16.86% wage rise in three steps, while Mendoza's judicial staff accepted an 11% increase in two installments, part of broader provincial pay negotiations.

14. about 1 month ago

    [BUSINESS] 2 sources

    Argentina raises university and commerce wages under new paritaria agreements

    Argentina's latest paritarias raise university salaries to meet the Funding Law and set new wage floors for commerce workers, with minimums from AR$1.23 M to AR$1.30 M.

15. about 1 month ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources

    Argentina and Peru approve teacher salary hikes

    Argentina's San Juan province and Peru both approved teacher pay raises, with a 6 % increase in San Juan and a 79 million‑sol transfer in Peru to fund promotions.

16. about 1 month ago

    [POLITICS] 3 sources

    Argentina's research sector confronts funding crisis as Conicet protests scholarship freeze and UNC allocates $460 M

    Conicet Rosario protests a freeze on 379 scholarships as Argentina's UNC pledges over $460 M to maintain lab equipment amid a national research funding crisis.

17. about 1 month ago

    [POLITICS] 3 sources

    Argentina Supreme Court orders wage and scholarship boost for public universities

    Argentina’s Supreme Court mandated the government to raise public university staff salaries and restore scholarships, ordering a 21.33% raise in June, an extra 3% in October, and retroactive adjustments, amid a

18. about 1 month ago

    [POLITICS] 10 sources

    Argentina Supreme Court upholds university financing law, forcing government funding

    Argentina’s Supreme Court upheld the University Financing Law, ordering salary hikes and scholarship boosts; the government faces a 1.3‑3.6 trillion‑peso budget impact and is planning reallocations amid union‑s

19. about 1 month ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources

    Argentina University Union Leader Walter Merkis Calls Education an Investment, Criticizes Government Funding Stance

    Walter Merkis of FATUN condemned the Argentine government’s stance on university funding, calling education an investment and urging compliance with a pending financing law.

20. about 1 month ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources

    Argentina expands technical education in Concordia and ratifies a 17.9% teacher pay rise in Santa Cruz

    Argentina's CGE adds a 7th year to Concordia's technical school program, while Santa Cruz teachers approve a 17.9% pay rise and new labor guarantees.

21. about 1 month ago

    [POLITICS] 55 sources

    Argentina's Supreme Court upholds university financing law

    Argentina's Supreme Court upheld a precautionary order forcing the government to apply the University Financing Law, retaining salary hikes and scholarship funding while rejecting the executive's appeal.

22. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources

    Entre Ríos unions schedule general strike over provincial pension reform

    Entre Ríos unions plan fly‑ins in three cities and a general strike on the Senate vote day, denouncing a pension reform that would cut contributions, eliminate the 82 % mobility component and threaten retirees.

23. about 2 months ago

    [HEALTH] 3 sources

    Argentinian Universities raise funds for student and community food aid

    Argentina's UNLPam will sell locro on July 9 to fund its Student Solidarity Fund, while Buenos Aires province contracts the University of Quilmes to provide food for its Super Soup program, spending 150 million

24. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources

    Argentina university salary deal raises pay and challenges state wage ceiling

    Argentina's university unions and government struck a salary deal with a 24%‑plus raise and extra funding, seen as a step toward breaking the state wage ceiling and influencing broader public‑sector pay talks.

25. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources

    Argentina university protests demand implementation of financing law

    In Argentina, pre‑university schools have begun a nationwide petition for a Supreme Court ruling on the university financing law, while university staff have started a six‑day strike demanding its immediate use

26. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 3 sources

    Argentina university professors begin week-long strike over pay and funding

    Argentine university teachers began a June 16‑20 strike, rejecting a government salary offer and demanding inflation‑matched pay, full funding law implementation, and higher university budgets.

27. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources

    Argentina university salary and funding deal with government

    Argentina’s government and university unions agreed on a 24.33% salary raise, extra hospital funding and scholarship hikes, while students press the Supreme Court to enforce the University Funding Law.

28. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources

    Argentina reaches university salary funding deal with government

    Argentina's government and the Interuniversity Council signed a university funding deal with modest salary hikes and extra funding, but teachers' unions deem it insufficient and continue to demand the full 54%

29. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 3 sources

    Argentina university system reaches salary boost amid financing law dispute

    Argentina's public universities obtained a 24% salary rise and extra budget funding, but still demand full enforcement of the University Financing Law, while UNLP plans catch‑up measures for lost class days.

30. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources

    Argentina university staff secure 21.33% salary hike, suspend planned strike

    Argentina's university staff receive a 21.33% pay rise and an added 3% boost in October, prompting CONADU to suspend a planned strike while continuing its push for full university funding law compliance.

31. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources

    Argentina university staff secure 24% wage rise ending planned strike

    Argentina's government and university unions agreed on a 24.33% wage hike and quarterly talks, suspending a planned June university strike.

32. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources

    Argentina teachers rally against pension reform and university funding deal

    Argentine teachers’ unions denounce a pension reform that would lower retirements and reject a university funding pact, calling for a national strike in June.

33. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources

    Argentina's UEJN unions protest pension reform and launch strike over salaries

    Argentina's UEJN unions in Entre Ríos and Tierra del Fuego are opposing a pension reform and staging a 48‑hour strike over unpaid wages.

34. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 5 sources

    Argentina Government Reaches Funding and Salary Deal with Public Universities

    Argentina’s government and public universities signed a financing pact, allocating 800 000 million pesos, raising staff salaries by 24.33%, boosting hospital funding and scholarships, ending a two‑year conflict

35. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 4 sources

    Argentina's ADUNLu Calls Nationwide University Strike for June 16‑20

    ADUNLu joins a nationwide university strike in Argentina from 16–20 June, demanding full funding under the University Funding Law and urging salary negotiations, warning of further decline in public higher‑ed.

36. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 4 sources

    Argentina's CONADU Secures Major Salary and Funding Boost for University Staff

    CONADU's new agreement gives Argentine university staff a 21.33% June pay rise, boosts operating funds, scholarships and university hospital funding, and sets a timeline for future parity talks.

37. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 4 sources

    Argentina government nears agreement with public universities on financing and salaries

    Argentina's government and public universities are close to a deal that would raise staff salaries by 24.33%, boost scholarships and fund university hospitals, pending union approval.

38. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 19 sources

    Argentina government reaches university financing and salary agreement

    Argentina's government and university councils agree to a 24.33% salary hike, 20% operating‑budget boost, extra funding for hospitals and a 50% rise in Manuel Belgrano scholarships, while retaining a court case

39. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 3 sources

    Argentina pushes key legislative reforms and accelerates university wage agreement

    Argentina fast‑tracks a suite of reforms, including an investment law and debt payment, while rushing a university financing deal offering a 21.3% wage hike and budget boosts amid union strike threats.

40. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 5 sources

    Argentina university teachers launch week‑long nationwide strike

    Argentina's university teachers union called a week‑long strike (June 16‑20) demanding salary reforms, funding law implementation, and paritary talks; the action threatens academic continuity, especially in Cat

41. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 6 sources

    Argentina university teachers begin six‑day national strike

    Argentina’s university teachers’ unions launched a six‑day strike (16‑20 June) demanding the University Funding Law’s implementation and a salary raise, amid disputed government offers and pending ILO complaint

42. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 3 sources

    Argentina's government ties new university funding to withdrawal of lawsuit

    Argentina's national government offered a 24% university salary boost and more funding if universities drop their lawsuit, while a province granted a 3.5% teacher raise via decree after failed negotiations.

43. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 4 sources

    Argentina university strike meets near-total compliance, government disputes impact

    Argentina's university strike saw near-total compliance, with teachers and non‑teaching staff demanding salary hikes and enforcement of the university funding law; the government disputes the strike's impact.

44. about 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources

    Argentina Supreme Court rejects challenges to judges in university funding case

    Argentina’s Supreme Court rejected the state’s request to remove two judges from the university‑funding case, allowing the challenge to the decree and law on university financing and teacher salaries to proceed

45. 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 3 sources

    Argentina's government negotiates university funding amid pending court ruling

    Argentina's government offered a 24% salary hike and extra funding to public universities, seeking withdrawal of a legal injunction, but university leaders refuse, pending a Supreme Court ruling that could cost

46. 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 7 sources

    Argentina sees wave of public sector strikes over wages and university funding

    Multiple Argentine strikes — university staff, ATE in Chubut, and public‑sector workers — protest low wages, unpaid salaries and the stalled university financing law, while the government eyes further public‑se

47. 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 3 sources

    Buenos Aires university march protests budget cuts and hospital conditions

    Thousands marched in Buenos Aires on May 13, 2026 demanding higher salaries, restored university funding and better hospital conditions, denouncing President Milei's austerity policies.

48. 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 13 sources

    Argentina’s university protests intensify as teachers strike and students occupy pre‑university colleges

    Argentina’s university sector faces a broad strike and student occupations demanding enforcement of the Law of University Financing, salary hikes, and adequate budgets, amid court‑ordered reinstatements at UNaF

49. 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 6 sources

    Argentina's universities protest Milei over university financing law

    Argentina's public universities protest demanding President Milei enforce the University Financing Law, urging the Supreme Court to act.

50. 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 10 sources

    Argentina university strike escalates with five‑day nationwide protest

    Argentina’s public university staff plan a five‑day strike (26‑30 May) demanding salary hikes, collective bargaining and funding law activation after a massive March protest.

51. 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources

    Argentine University Teachers Announce Week-Long Strike, First Semester at Risk

    Argentina's university teachers will strike May 26‑30, demanding funding law implementation, salary hikes and more education budget, threatening first‑semester courses at most public universities.

52. 2 months ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources

    Argentina's public universities launch week-long strikes over budget cuts

    Argentina's public universities, including UNICEN and the National University of Tucumán, began a coordinated week‑long strike over salary cuts and budget shortfalls, staging public classes and protests.

53. 3 months ago

    [POLITICS] 13 sources

    Argentina's universities demand funding law compliance amid President Milei's budget cuts

    Argentine universities push for funding law compliance as Milei's cuts spark protests, election disputes and a government financing offer.

54. 3 months ago

    [POLITICS] 3 sources

    Argentina's 2026 budget trims university funds and slashes cancer program

    Argentina's 2026 budget gives UNCuyo 171.9bn pesos while cutting cancer funding by 5bn, sparking staff cuts and drug shortages.

55. 3 months ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources

    Argentina protests across the country demand funding for public universities amid Milei's austerity

    Tens of thousands rally across Argentina demanding funding for public universities, challenging President Javier Milei's austerity.

56. 3 months ago

    [POLITICS] 3 sources

    Argentina's public universities face 45% funding cut under Milei, sparking protests

    Milei slashes public university funding by 45% in Argentina, prompting protests and threatening teachers, scholarships and hospital services.

57. 3 months ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources

    Argentina university salaries plunge under Milei's policies

    Argentina's university staff see a 71% pay drop; Milei's government skips 2023 funding law, leaving salaries far below inflation.