A 50 % cut in income to CONICET is expected

He streaming of Conicet moved the entire society. The fanaticism of boys and adults for the images of the ocean background with their nice creatures were lived with the euphoria of a sports competition. The comparisons soon arrived. The Visualizations of the streaming They overcame slaughtered to which the Chairman in one of the libertarian channels.

From your electoral campaign, Javier Milei chose Conicet as the center of his attacks And the popular success of the campaign carried out in the Canyon of Mar del Plata by scientists of the agency, became a Concased symbol against adjustment policies and government scientist, who today is going through a shock for a chain of causes of corruption.

As soon as the expedition ended, while the Falkor ship returned to the continental coasts, the reality of the scientific world showed again Your crudest facet. On August 12, in the Technological Scientific Pole located in the Palermo neighborhood, the Conicet board of directors met in a week, with the aim of dealing with the resolution of the designations of the income to the career of the scientific researcher (CIC) of the 2023 call, in which The Board had promised to grant 845 income to the race in the various thematic areas and regions of the country.

However, the result of the two long days of meetings ended in a statement where the authorities kicked the ball committing to publish the resolution as of Wednesday, August 27. However, in the unofficial minutes Posted in your blog by Jorge Aliaga, member of the Board of Directors, The decision of the Government of Milei was allowed to transcend to deepen the dentanciation in the CONICET through its manager, the president Daniel Salamone, Granting only 400 income.

If this resolution is made, we will be talking about a cut of more than 50% of the income granted with respect to the previous call. At the same time, we must remember that Those who entered the 2022 call are still waiting for registration in their functionsapproximately More than a thousand researchers and support staff to the investigation. They are workers who won the contest but have not yet been designated, so They are not charging a salary.

Likewise, so far from 2025 a new entrance contest to the scientific researcher career has not yet been convened. uncertain the continuity of those who are finishing their postdoctoral scholarship.

On the other hand, we must also alert about the danger that the development of research in the Area of ​​Social Sciences and Humanities In CONICET, since the report published by Aliaga reveals an alarming fact. In the discussions that were held during the last meeting, the members of the Board of Directors José María Bruniard and Walter Soone proposed not to grant income for this areacompletely ignoring the principle of equitable income distribution among the four major areas of knowledge that the body has always sustained.

Proposal that, on the other hand, was supported by President Salamone. This attack on the area of ​​social sciences and humanities has already been seen in the last call for postdoctoral scholarships. Under the category “priority issues” we sought to guide what remains of public investigation Towards the revenue of the large groups of economic power such as oil companies, mining companies and laboratoriesat the expense of those research that intends to understand the great social, political, economic and cultural problems.

In this context, they will be carried out Protest days In different parts of the country, where researchers, support personnel, fellows and administrators of CONICET will participate. Under the motto, “in Conicet no one left over,” they will claim for the granting of the 845 compromised income, the registration of the income of the 2022 call, the call of the current year, the financing of projects, the resolution of the situation of the workers of the R&D Agency, the extraordinary scholarships for entrants and the salary recomposition.

In these protests, which have been developed since the beginning of the month, the widest was already received solidarity from teachers and students from different national universities. In Córdoba For example, joint route cuts were made on August 7. In the Buenos Aires Citythe call for the various workers’ organizations – among them, ATE CONICET CAPITAL AND YOUNG PRECARIZED SCIENCES – gathered hundreds of people on August 6 in the esplanade of Scientific pole where an extensive day was held with acts, torches marches, a festival and camping included. To them the workers of & D+I agency (organism brutally beaten by the adjustment with scholars with revenues have been outlined for more than a year and without salary receipt) were joined and they approached to provide their support for others and others and others workers in struggle of the state sector such as Garrahan hospital.

In recent weeks, the struggles of workers in the national technological scientific sector managed to hit the government’s drain attempts. The rejection of Congress to Sturzenegger’s decrees that advanced in the emptying of the INTI, INTA and dozens of state organizations is a specific example. As also happened with the rejection of the veto in disability or with the vote of the University Financing Law, the struggle in the streets plays a central role in the definition of these votes in Parliament.

With a Government increasingly weakened and wrapped in scandals of coimas and corruption, as we see in the Andis (National Disability Agency), it is more necessary than ever Show the united force of all struggles. While in the CONICET the cuts continue, in national universities the consequences of a fierce adjustment are felt. You can prepare a great national science and technology march together with all national universities to demand: “Silver for science and public university. Not for the IMF.”

So that you are children who are fascinated today with the discoveries of our scientists and scientists from CONICET, be scientists who tomorrow discover wonderful things. The fight is now and in the streets, to Impose the union conductions of the CGT and the CTA, Assemblies and a fighting plan to defeat all the adjustment of the corrupt and adjusting government.