Notes!: Nardacchione 2012

In Neuquen in 1997 protets against Menemismo came through alliances between piquteros and teachers (2)

on the one hand they were unhappy with unepmloyment, etc
on the other hand they were trying to defend public education
this allowed the union to push against provincialization in a national way, create a political movement, and demand national support for public edcuation as a universal justice demand

wages to go down (3)
working conditions to get worse
CTERA found itself unable to coordinate its demands to the national level, stuck in a fragmented opposition

some governments started paying teachers under the table, meaning they did not contribute to obras sociales (4)
CTERA had trouble of articulating provincial demands at the national level
for example: SUTEBA would strike, but SADOP and FEB didn't help

at first the provincialization of education caused a drop in militancy and strikes, but eventually problems at the province level made the edcuation adn fiscal crisis worse (5)
fiscal crisis occurred in many provinces because the national government was an important source of money for the provinces (5)
not only were education budgets low, but they were set up irrationally (6)

this strong problem a the provincial level led to deepening and expanding labor protest at the provincial level

soon the teachers in some provinces were striking more against general issues facing society as a whole, not just for specific issues in regard to their own salaries or working conditions (7)
this general protest, combined with the fact that it was happenign in many different provinces and the fact that there was some violence result in the re-nationalization of the conflict in 1997 (7)
when other unions didn't join SUTEBA protests, they found allies outside the union sector, and eventually with UCR and FREPASO (8)

the first is a recentralization of the deabte, the second is a move away from technical questions to social/citizenship ones (8)
the CTERA wanted to do a national strike in 1996, but was having trouble convincing its uniosn to follow, and to get the government to talk to them...the government eventually agreed to talk about these things... (10)
but hte union in Nequen decided to go on strike anyway, it was a broad colaition against lowering salaries across public sector workers, and the closing of YPF...
violence to clear roadblock, bystander killed by police (10)...
in response to this violence, CTERA called anational strike (80% adhesion) and quit negotiating with teh government (11)
BIG strike with lots of help, carpa blanca, and after this the idea of nationalizing education demands became a reality (11)

this also helped the politicization of the cause, as non-union groups joined the fight after this (11-12)

national ministry wanted to focus the talks on techinical aspects of teaching, while CTERA changed the topic to political and social-economic role of teaching (12)
CTERA starts doing a lot of social actions, whole eudcation question became way bigger than just a union issue (13)

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