ADIUC and unions are pushing for the strike despite budget increases; student discontent is growing at UNC
The fervor with which unions now fight adjustment policies is striking. During the previous government, when Sergio Massa froze budgets, salaries, and educational programs, not a single march or fiery statement was heard.
UNC is once again a hostage of the teachers' unions. This time, ADIUC has declared a 48-hour strike in the middle of exam periods, affecting thousands of students. The measure, with a strong ideological imprint, seeks to wear down the national government despite the recent budget increases granted by the Ministry of Human Capital.
The formal demand is for salaries, but the unions' statements do not hide their partisan content. They speak of "dismantling of the public system," "neoliberal adjustment," and an alleged state persecution. This is the same discourse repeated by Kirchnerist sectors that managed education for two decades without solving its structural problems.
A revealing fact adds to the protest: ADIUC has also joined demonstrations in support of former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, convicted of corruption in the Vialidad case. The explicit defense of a leader with a final sentence for defrauding the State only confirms the ideological alignment of the strike. This is not about salaries or educational quality, but about sustaining a political narrative that ignores the institutional damage caused by corruption.
ADIUC not only paralyzes the university: it also tries to hold Córdoba's deputies responsible for not enabling the debate on a new university funding law. With a narrative bordering on political infantilism, the unions accuse the legislators of "blocking the right to education."
The reality is different: the government has already sent extraordinary funds to the universities, which refused to make their numbers transparent. The union victimhood seeks to cover up internal inefficiencies, entrenched privileges, and the lack of self-criticism.
Meanwhile, new "virtual consultations" are being announced to artificially sustain the conflict. Everything points to keeping the academic calendar in tension, affecting students and teachers who are not aligned.
This double standard makes it clear that the real objective is not to improve education, but to use the university as a political trench. In 2023, the university union leadership openly supported Unión por la Patria. Today, they lead protests with the same narrative that failed at the polls.
ADIUC's strike doesn't represent the entire university community. Numerous teachers and students have expressed their rejection of the partisan use of institutions. The politicization of academic life is a chronic problem that discredits public universities.
Far from defending educational quality, militant unionism blocks classes, sabotages exam periods, and paralyzes activities without considering the consequences. Education is pushed into the background in the face of corporate interests.
UNC, instead of being a space for knowledge and freedom, is increasingly becoming a platform for ideological agitation.
