Córdoba: UEPC announces protests while carrying a history of complicit silences

The Union of Educators of the Province of Córdoba (UEPC) has confirmed that it will participate in a national day of protest called by CTERA. The measure includes activities that will begin to take place during the first week of October in various cities. The union leadership seeks to once again raise demands for funding and collective bargaining, in line with the national union strategy.

The plan includes attendance at a press conference in Buenos Aires, where actions at the national level will be announced. Subsequently, in Córdoba, a joint press conference will be held together with other unions and labor federations. The stated intention is to give visibility to the sector's demands and intensify the teachers' protest in the provincial territory.

The union claims that the objective is to defend public education, although its record contradicts that statement. During the last Kirchner administration, it remained inactive in the face of declining educational funding indicators. There were also no demonstrations when Sergio Massa cut more than 70 billion pesos (154,324,000 pounds) from the education budget in 2022.

Selective protests and opportunistic demands

The marches announced for October include a provincial caravan under the slogan "defense of public schools." Active teachers, retirees, students, and social organizations are expected to participate. According to UEPC, this is an action aimed at making the situation of the educational system visible and demanding immediate responses from the national government.

The union is demanding a new funding law, the reinstatement of FONID, and the convening of national collective bargaining. It also advocates for the defense of the teachers' retirement system, presented as a right that must be preserved without discussion. The union leadership has called on all of society to join, although its lack of consistency and contradictory record undermine the legitimacy of its demands.

The contrast is clear: today they march against what they tolerated in silence yesterday, particularly the cuts implemented by a minister from the same political space. UEPC appears combative in opposition, but resigned in the face of allied governments. That double standard completely delegitimizes their protests, revealing more political opportunism than genuine conviction in the defense of education.