Outstanding teachers of the Autonomous Metropolitan University (UAM) reject the unemployment that has extended for nearly three months, driving a demonstration in the streets and in addition a consultation, to make a “moral pressure” and that the Union accept to resume the activities.
For the first time, qualified teachers – who have received this designation of the UAM for his work – call to the community to protest. The March, with the cry that “already was too”, is scheduled for Thursday, since the Esplanade of fine arts to the socket, starting at 16:00.
The increase of 20% to the salary required by the Union of the UAM, to conclude the strike, is a demand impossible to perform, ensure the aforementioned masters of that House of studies.
“It’s crazy, not money from the stones can be removed,” said researcher Pablo Becerra on the main demand of the independent trade union of workers of the UAM (SITUAM).
The teacher explained to Political animal stop wage that public University is 3.3%, but with the retabulacion demand (from another 3%) they reach 6% increase, and they have not accepted this offer.
“They want to recover the purchasing power that have lost in the last 11 years, is a madness”, said Becerra Chavez, master of the Iztapalapa campus.
He said most teachers and students want to ending the strike by the effects that are having: loss of the quarter in the case of students and lack of income from 84 days ago, in the masters. But to confirm this desire, they published a query that can be done online or in person at the end of the March, which will depart at 16:00 hours on Thursday of the Palace of fine arts to the Zócalo.
Becerra points out that not ask an increase so large to UAM because it is a public institution with a pre-established budget, however, the SITUAM maintains intact its demands: 20% wage increase and 20% of retabulacion.
“We have the legality, the strike is legitimate.” We are from February 1 strike, there was time to make own Federal Board of the Ministry of labour had opined that it was not in favor, but we have the power to make the decision that we consider relevant. Analysis and discussion of the negotiations is the strike Committee itself”, the Secretary general of the SITUAM, Jorge Dorantes answered political Animal.
The Union leader said that they respected the opinion of the University community, but said his goal is the resolution of the conflict and that the query – as well as any opinion that is not “discussed and analyzed in the context of the strike Committee” only help that the people “take another decision which is not favourable”.
Furthermore, students have also mobilized to demand the return to classes. Some have made statements, others on Tuesday filed an appeal before the District Court in administrative matters against the strike, arguing that it violates their right to education. This Thursday they will join the March of teachers, but they clarified that their position has some differences with the teachers.
David Garcia, founder of the independent student organization of the UAM (OIEUAM) explained to Animal politically what this group of a few thousand people are asking is the solution of the conflict and not simply the end of the strike. “Conclude it without reaching a solution will have lost time, right now we have already lost the quarter and if it is not resolved, it will have been in vain,” the student said.
March, convened for the first time by distinguished teachers
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana has 82 distinguished teachers, some of whom already had participated before in demonstrations against the strike, without being the organizers. The March on Thursday is the first convened by about thirty researchers who have received the distinction of the University for their work.
One of them, Gabriela Dutrénit, indicated that this select group of teachers decided to promote consultation and the March because they believe that it was already too long without activities, that they are not in accordance with the processes of the Union.
As an example, he mentioned that the strike Committee sessions reported decreasing attendance and, however, votes are conducted on the continuation of the strike, even with few attendees.
“The strike was voted by 247 members, 127 in favor and against 120. In the latter they voted 57 in favour and 54 against, those 111 do not represent the majority, and thus remains the strike. There are very few teachers in the Committee”, said the academic.
He explained that the offer of the UAM is 3.35% wage increase to 3% of retabulacion joined the administrative, so the paristas would get a 6.45% more than income, as opposed to the academic staff, who could only aspire to the 3.35%.
“That is an effort by the University to begin to reduce the wage gap, in the comparative public universities UAM is which has given more, and the Union that does not recognize it,” said the former General of the Forum advisory scientific and technological.
The wage gap which referred to is the difference between the income of the academic and administrative staff, which is explained by the level of preparation that each job requires, according to Dutrenit, since teachers have Scholarships, incentives and other benefits associated with productivity, established at the end of the 1980s and that the SITUAM is never accepted for managers. “They would not differentiate between workers, who earn more that work more,” he said.
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He stressed that UAM has no resources to give workers what you asked the Union, “the Government did not want to increase resources because then it would have to do with the other public universities, and not going to do,” said the Economist.
It coincides with her distinguished Professor Oscar González. “I don’t think that the University can meet which requires the Union. “In a private company shareholders may sacrifice profits in favour of workers, at the universities it is not so, we receive a grant from the Government”, said.
Gonzalez Cuevas has been teacher of UAM since its Foundation, was rector of Azcapotzalco campus from 1981 to 1985 and general rector of 85 to 89, and recalls that the longest strike which came before this lasted two months.
For its part, the architect Roberto Eibenschutz said that a strike makes no sense in a public University, because there is a pattern that can push through the stoppage of production.
“In addition it refuses the raison d ‘ être of the University, which must offer the space for the analysis of the different positions, considering the views of the community. “No doubt there are problems that must face but with the Open University and with the participation of all”, said this means the exrector of the Xochimilco campus.
In this context, the academics and students do not have a legal recourse to challenge the strike even though they disagree with it, because that would run counter to the right of the paristas, in addition to the stop meets all legal requirements to be carried out. It is, therefore, that they miss hand only social pressure–with the March – and the warrant – through consultation – to allow the Union to resume the activities.
At the conclusion of the March of this afternoon will be given the results of the consultation, which until Wednesday night had registered 8 thousand 100 votes, of which 91% were in favour of concluding the strike, according to the report of Professor Pablo Becerra.
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