The school year starts on February 26 across most of Argentina. But this year, classrooms could remain empty as teaching unions mull provincial and national strikes to demand wage negotiations. The government has also declined to pay an annual fund that contributes to teachers’ salaries nationwide.

The national Confederation of Argentine Education Workers union (CTERA by its Spanish initials) will meet on Thursday to decide whether to take industrial action.

“The government told us that there would be salary negotiations,” CTERA leader Sonia Alesso told Radio Mitre on Saturday. “We’ll see what happens this week,........

© Buenos Aires Herald