The ruling UASD Council announced that after meeting with state university authorities, professors, employees and students it has been agreed that classes at the state university UASD will resume on Monday, 20 February 2017.
Participants in the meeting also agreed that a comprehensive review of teaching and administrative issues will be made in response to demands by different sectors.
The announcements were made by university rector Iván Grullón Fernández in a press conference on Friday, 17 February 2017. The semester should have started on 31 January 2017. Students now need to recover around 15 days of lost classes.
The council accepted a 10-15% wage increase, retroactive to January 2017. It was reported that the funds would come from allocations in the UASD 2017 budget and an undisclosed additional contribution that is expected from the central government.
The president of the professor union (Faprouasd), Santiago Guillermo, and the president of the university employees (Asodemu), Mary Placencia and a student delegation, expressed their satisfaction with the agreement and the announcement to resume classes.
Faprouasd had demanded a 40% wage increase. Students had said they would take to the streets as of Monday, 20 February if classes were not resumed.
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Listin Diario
20 February 2017
