The rector of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), Ivan Grullón Fernández, met on Monday, 5 February 2018, with José Ramón Peralta, Administrative Minister of the Presidency, to seek a solution to faculty protests that are affecting the start of this semester of classes.
Grullón Fernández said the Presidency would need to provide the additional cash for more classrooms, salary increases, among other demands made by the striking professors.
For their part, the Federation of UASD Professors (Faprouasd) maintained their call for a strike demanding the authorities comply with their promise of a 5% salary increase and an improvement in the working conditions at the university.
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El Dia
7 Dias
6 February 2018
