The Council of Rectors of São Paulo State Universities (Cruesp) and the Forum of the Six began the third negotiation meeting this Thursday afternoon (07) to discuss the salary adjustment index for employees at the three São Paulo state universities. On May 03rd there was a technical meeting and, on May 17th, in a new meeting with the Forum of the Six, Cruesp proposed an adjustment of 1,5%.
The third meeting between the rectors and the Forum of Six was initially scheduled for May 30th, but was canceled due to the fact that the Unicamp University Council (Consu) was prevented from meeting the previous day due to pickets organized by the union movement. Given this situation, the Unicamp Rectory scheduled a new Consu meeting, which was held last Tuesday (05), when the counselors, after extensive discussion, approved the index proposed by Cruesp. With this, Cruesp confirmed the third meeting for this Thursday (07).
Before the Consu meeting, the Unicamp rectory released a note informing that, regardless of the approval of the proposed indexes, discussions between Cruesp and the Fórum das Seis continue to take place. According to the note, the approval of the indexes by the University Councils of Unicamp and USP does not imply that the discussions will be closed.
The USP University Council has already approved the 1,5% adjustment proposed for 2018. The index was approved in a meeting held on May 29th – the same date on which the Unicamp University Council should have deliberated on the matter. USP and Unesp workers have already received the proposed increase in their salary.
With regard to the adjustment for 2018, Cruesp was clear in stating that the decision to propose a 1,5% increase represents an effort by the three universities to seek to restore at least the inflation rate of recent years, even at a time of serious crisis. Although the 1,5% adjustment does not meet the expectations of faculty and staff, its application will have a considerable impact on Unicamp's annual expenses, which will increase by around R$26,5 million.
