UBA offers free health services to protest funding
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The University of Buenos Aires (UBA) in Argentina will provide free health services and academic classes in Plaza de Mayo to demand full funding as required by law.
Starting at 8 AM and continuing to midnight, professionals from the UBA will offer free consultations in fields like dentistry, optometry, veterinary medicine, and psychology. Alongside these services, the deans of the UBA’s 13 faculties will each hold open lectures.
The UBA is taking this action because the government has not complied with the University Funding Law. The university seeks a court order enforcing the law and government acceptance of rulings favorable to universities. Labor unions previously rejected a 3% salary increase offered by the government, arguing that a 32% increase is needed to meet the requirements of the law, plus adjustments for recent inflation. A federal judge recently denied the government’s request to lift a preliminary injunction requiring funding.
The judge stated the existing agreement does not resolve the income deterioration and ordered the government to detail its compliance with the law. The judge also approved a preliminary injunction for the UBA to receive increased funding for hospitals, operating expenses, and research.
