The Consejo Universitario, the board of the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, the state university, expelled Fausto Herrera, president of the Asociación de Empleados Universitarios and other directors of that organization which occupied the financial department of the state university for 29 days, impeding the registration of students. The bureaucrats demanded a 20% increase in salary. The occupation has impeded the commencement of classes at the state university. Rector Edylberto Cabral Ramírez said that if employees return to work within the next 24 hours they will be paid their salary on Friday. The Consejo Universitario has been retaining the paychecks of employees on strike.
