00:00The National Universities Union have brought higher education institutions across the country to a halt
00:04after rejecting an official 3% pay offer and demanding compliance with the University Funding Act.
00:10The 24-hour strike brings academic and initiative activities at institutions to a standstill
00:16and is a direct response to the failure of the collective bargaining meeting on September 1st,
00:21during which the executive branch attempted to set a 3% wage cap for September.
00:25The unions describe the proposal as a provocation that ignores the constant erosion of purchasing power
00:31and intensifies the conflict with the university system.
00:34The workers' central demand includes an urgent 31.2% cash-up adjustment to make up for the acquirers
00:41accumulated through July, in addition to accounting for August inflations
00:44and the establishment of automatic adjustment clauses.
