In a permanent dialogue table between the Trade Union Association of University Professors ASPU and the university directors headed by the rector of the University of Cauca, José Luis Diago Franco, the Trade Union Agreement was signed that provides job security to teachers and at the same time strengthens educational quality.

“A Final Act was achieved, where the participation of the educational community has built the present agreement for the strengthening of public higher education. In the various conversations that continually advance; the statement is the result of a dynamic process, of participation and collective adoption; Furthermore, it is a compilation and contributions from all parties ”, highlighted Professor Gloria Cecilia Arboleda, Vice President of the ASPU Cauca Section.

The signing of the Agreement between the two parties was carried out by exercising the rights of association and freedom of association and the Colombian rules on collective bargaining with the union organizations of public employees.

“It is a triumph of generations of students, workers and teachers who have struggled for years, fighting for the rights of university teachers and for a better education. The university classes are moving towards a more democratic University” assured the National President of ASPU, Pedro Hernández Castillo.

In the same way, he stressed that the agreements reached in the Dialogue Table, which are of a permanent nature, serve for the construction of agreements and disagreements and solutions that allow solving the current situation of higher public education.

In this sense, the University of Cauca in its 193 years, continues to provide spaces for dialogue that allow the academic community to improve professional performance and contribute to Territorial Peace.

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Trade Union Association of University Professors ASPU

Email: aspuca@unicauca.edu.co