The Government crossed paths with the unions over the teachers' strike at the start of classes: "They should be in the classrooms educating the children"

At the start of a new school year, the unions grouped in the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) are carrying out a national teachers' strike this Monday, which affects the return to classrooms in several provinces. And the national government has come out to harshly criticize the unions.

"Instead of being in the streets, surrounded by police, complying with protocol, they should be in classrooms surrounded by children , providing education to the children of the country," Patricia Bullrich posted on X.

"The country wants the order that we give it, not the anarchy that you offer," added the Minister of Security in a message that she accompanied with two images of the unions carrying out pickets on the streets of Buenos Aires.

Primary and kindergarten schools began the school year on Monday, amid a protest demanding the reopening of collective bargaining negotiations to update the minimum wage in the sector, which, they claim, has not improved since last August.

Instead of being in the streets, surrounded by police, complying with protocol, they should be in classrooms, surrounded by children, providing education to the children of the country. The country wants the order that we give it, not the anarchy that you offer. pic.twitter.com/71F4nSSagl

— Patricia Bullrich (@PatoBullrich) February 24, 2025

In this context, they announced two days of strike . The first, on February 24, when classes start in the City of Buenos Aires (initial and primary level), Chubut, Córdoba, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Formosa, Jujuy, Mendoza, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz and Santa Fe.

The second day of the strike will be on March 5, the date on which classes will begin in eight other provinces: Buenos Aires, Tucumán, Catamarca, La Rioja, Misiones, Santiago del Estero, Río Negro and Tierra del Fuego.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Human Capital of the Nation, headed by Sandra Pettovello, announced the call for a table on the Guaranteed Minimum Salary for Teachers , scheduled for today at 3 pm at the headquarters of the Secretariat of Labor.

The national teachers' unions and the executive committee of the Federal Council of Education (CFE), composed of the provincial ministers of education, will participate in the round table, as well as the associations of private schools, which will participate with voice but without vote.

The Ministry of Education of the City of Buenos Aires told Clarín that schools will be open and that “the only union calling for participation is Ademys, with very low participation.” They thus alluded to an agreement for an additional increase based on the January salary, which will be effective from February 1.

In the City, many schools opened without receiving their students . In several of them, the scene was repeated: empty classrooms, excited children and teachers adhering to the strike.

The postcard this Monday was not of white lab coats running through the corridors, but of protest signs stuck on doors and families who found out immediately that classes would not start.

In the Buenos Aires district, the only union that called for a strike was Ademys, with a support rate that the Buenos Aires Ministry of Education described as "very low."

The Ministry of Education assured Clarín that the start of the school year in CABA was normal, with 96% of teachers in the classrooms and all schools open for the more than 400,000 students in preschool and primary school.

According to the survey, less than 4% of unions participated in the national strike, which allowed most educational institutions to begin the school year without interruptions.

They also announced that teachers who joined the strike will have their day's pay deducted, as well as a proportional amount of attendance.