The first mobilizations against the "infraffinity" of the UPV have been "widely monitored"
The unions of the public university have launched a mobilisation campaign to demand "necessary funding" from the Basque Government and have called on the rectorate team to "stand firm".
Concentration on the Leioa campus.
LAB, Steilas, ELA and CGT-LKN have launched a mobilisation campaign on Mondayto denounce the "underfunding"suffered by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and to demand" more resources "for the public university. They have also called on the rectoral team to "maintain a firm position to obtain the funding needed bythepublic university. "The first mobilization has taken place on the Leioa campus.
At a time when the 2026 Basque budgets are about to be approved in the Basque Parliament, the trade unions have considered it "essential to re-highlight the underfunding suffered by the public university." In their view, it has remained "far from reaching 1% of the GDP set by the LOSU."
On the one hand, they report that the salaries of UPV/EHU teachers and researchers have been reported to have suffered "aloss of 24.3% "since 2008 and report that the supplements that were created in 2006 to" dignify "wages" remain frozen. They also criticize the fact that "unsustainable situations of precariousness remain". Thus, teachers with partial working days continue to receive between 400 and 800 euros without acknowledging some of the essential activities. "
On the other hand ,in the case of technical, management and administrative and service personnel, they report a loss of purchasing power of 18.2% over the past 15 years. "As many services and units require more staff, there are increasing difficulties in filling substitutions," they warn.
LAB, Steilas, ELA and CGT-LKN insist that jobs with lower pay levels should be reviewed "to ensure decent wage conditions commensurate with the actual cost of living."
Firm attitude
On the other hand, they call on the Rectoral Team to "maintain a firm position to obtain the necessary funding "for the UPV and remind it that" it is responsible for defending funding that meets the needs of a public university at the service of society ".
In the opinion of the workers' representatives, there is a "deliberate neglect" towards the public university, which means that there is no possibility of "tackling the endemic shortcomings of the UPV." They also criticise the fact that the Basque Government "puts the red carpet on private universities, promoting an elitist model of university education."
Following the first mobilizations on the Leioa campus, on Tuesday they will mobilise on the Donostia campus, on Wednesday in Vitoria and on Thursday in front of the delegation of the Basque Government in Bilbao.
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