University employees in the second month of strike

Workers Struggles: The Americas
11 March 2008

Mexico: University employees in the second month of strike
Employees at the Autonomous Metropolitan University (UAM) in Ixtapalapa, an industrial suburb of Mexico City, have been on strike for over five weeks. The non-teaching employees are demanding a wage increase of 35 percent.
University authorities have offered a 4.5 percent raise in wages plus 1.2 percent in benefits. During the latest round of negotiation SITUAM—the union that represents the strikers—suggested it will reduce its wage demands if negotiators for UAM increase their offer. The strike began on February 1.

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