Cuban News Agency

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General Secretary of the Professors’ Association (ASOPROF), Andres
Rodriguez, said that the Education Ministry closed the dialog after the
setting up of a bargaining table on labor issues, the education
transformation process and the social pact on education.

The stoppage hour will be used to explain workers in the sector, students
and parents about the problems being faced with education authorities,
said the union leader, PL news agency reported.

Rodriguez said that members of an exploratory commission will hand over a
letter to Education minister Lucy Molinar requesting the need to resume
the dialog.

Meanwhile, education ministry official Arturo Rivera warned that those
teachers and professors who do not meet their labor hours will have their
salaries affected.

The official said that the dialog will be resumed on June 23 and that the
stoppage will only affect the students, while the union has no reasons to
adopt the measure. However, union leaders say they have not received any
official information in this regard.