Teachers and other sectors join police protests in Misiones: two cuts made on National Route 12

(Candelaria, Mission, Special Envoy) – The demonstrations launched last week by the province’s police officers became the catalyst for claims that were being made here and there to demand a salary increase. Members of the security force immediately aroused the solidarity and support of teachers, prisons, public employees, workers and producers, who took to the streets demanding a solution.

The atmosphere of social celebration that reached maximum temperatures last Friday prompted the national government to dispatch gendarmerie personnel and federal uniformed personnel, who maintain a low profile and step away from enforcing anti-picketing protocols, to head the In some places, traffic has endured disruptions, such as National Highway No. 12, which was cut off at three points for ten hours. Troopers responding to Patricia Bullrich diverted traffic and stopped the eviction.

Education workers cut several vital arteries in Missionaries. Meanwhile, the police maintain camp in front of the Radioelectric Command and confirm that they will return to negotiations with an inflexible condition: doubling the current starting salary.

Teachers from various social organizations and self-organized groups from several towns in Misiones blocked traffic this morning around the bridge over the Guarupa River, which connects the town of the same name to Candelaria on National Route 12. Missionary teachers also demonstrated. Another blockage occurred a few kilometers north of the same road, near the city of Santa Ana, where Route 12 ends, an intermittent outage that also called for education workers. Went.

Teachers union leader Estella Genesini gave information infobae This protest was organized to demand better wages and working conditions, a demand repeated in each demonstration which began to multiply, while the national government, which had sent in the Gendarmerie to assist the administration led by Hugo Passalqua. Sent it, still considering it. No interference.

Long lines of trucks gathered, many of them bound for Brazil, and long-distance buses. Some cars, too.

More than a hundred gazebos and umbrellas were set up on both sides of the head of the Candelaria and blocked the route. It was reported in the Assembly that the government refused to reopen the pay discussion. An agreement was reached yesterday between some unions and the Passalacqua administration to increase the base salary to $400,000.

Genesini, a union member of UDNAM (Union de Docentes Nueva Argentina de Misiones), told the cuts in Candelaria that the unions had to do with the broader mobilization of teachers, but most of them participated as self-driven. , The intention is to reach at least $500 thousand.

The union member noted that the final increase for education should have been granted by decree, as even the most pro-negotiation unions did not want to commit by signing an agreement. “Yesterday it was supported by a union which is active for the Renewal Front (missionary government) and another very small union,” he said.

“The teachers’ protest has been going on for several weeks with meetings and strikes. We try to attract the attention of the government. We try to get the support of the academic community,” he said.

“A strike has been called by some teachers union organisations, self-employed teachers and state unions this Tuesday,” he said. The use of force continued until a few minutes before 6 pm. After that, the protesters retreated in order to take part in the protest in front of the Radioelectric Command.

While the protests on the bridge have worsened, those in the center of Posadas, where the rebellion began, continue to generate news. Police spokesman Ramon Amarilla announced that the government had demanded a new paradigm of negotiations. But he clarified that the position they will take is irreversible: a 100% increase that brings the agent’s base to $. 830 thousand.

Another representative, Germain Palavesino, told Infobae that the government had informed him that he would be summoned again today, but without specifying a time or place. The conversation ended suddenly on Monday. “They offered us 20%. lack of respect. We want 100% yes or no,” Amarilla said, crying from the steps of the Radioelectric Command, the epicenter of the conflict.

“We are going to return with the hope of bringing the results we want,” he said. He said its objective was to achieve pay restructuring and not to cause the downfall of the government. However, in another section he expressed: “We have to remain united and fight these people till the final result.”

“The government has not even appreciated such a serious problem. Same is the condition of all sectors. They first want to compromise with the police and then use us to fight a teacher or a health worker. We do not have to allow them to use us and fight the poor against the poor,” said Amarila, a retired police officer. Then, he explained: “Here we are going to start things so that police officers get paid well.”

The exhibition concluded with the arrival of the police band, which entered the camp playing the national anthem on one side. Then, the national anthem was played. After this the police and other protesters started preparing lunch in different stoves.