Students at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) marched yesterday, Monday 6 February 2017, at the main university campus demanding that the professors resume classes.
The Federation of the Association of Professors of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (Faprouasd) has supported a strike of the professors at the university since last Tuesday, 31 January, when the classes for the new semester were due to start. Faprouasd demands a 15% salary increase.
The strike has affected more than 200,000 students. While many UASD students say that the professors’ salary demands are fair, there is concern that the semester will be lost.
UASD rector, Ivan Grullón, has asked the professors to wait until the university has the financial resources to meet their demands. However, the professors union says that the salary raise was agreed upon in October 2016, and that the professors will hold fast to their position.
UASD professors and administrative staff are by far the best paid in the Dominican Republic.
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El Dia
7 Dias
7 February 2017
