Since Tuesday it was spread that the Union of Private Oil Tankers of Neuquén, Río Negro and La Pampa would make a 48 hour strikeduring the Wednesday and Thursday, against the reversal of the Income Tax and in support of the CGT strike against the Bases Law of the Javier Milei government. At least until the beginning of the protest, the information was not officially confirmed by the organization, although a note circulated that it would have been presented to the Ministry of Labor to give legal notice about the protest.
Yesterday, through Whatsapp, audios of oil delegates were circulating calling for a strike both on Wednesday and only on Thursday, which had generated confusion. At the same time, neither the Union nor its general secretary, Marcelo Rucci, publicly clarified the situation.
The text of a note that would have been presented to Labor did circulate, with an online message to rejection that Rucci had previously stated against the collection of Profits which is promoted with the Bases Law, which has half a sanction in Deputies and is debated in Senators.
This text would question that “between midnight and midnight, opinions are prepared behind the workers’ backs (a presentation made to the president of the Head Commission is attached to every event as prior to it) that are clearly pejorative and have as a result violate basic rights of oil tankers.
They would also indicate that The sanctioned regulations do not respect the exceptions to the collection of Profits for oil tankerscontemplated in law 26176. These would be articles 34 and 80 on food, 39 and 81 on travel hours, and 60 on “daily food.”
«Repeating mistakes of the past, without participation of the sectors involved, attempting to return oil workers to a state of anxiety and helplessness, sand wants to disrupt its reach and its peaceful interpretation«, they would accuse the national government in the note.
For his part, the Chubut Private Oil and Gas Unionled by Jorge Ávila, decided accompany the CGT strike on Thursday, May 9 for a period of 24 hours, affecting production, without going to work and without mobilization.
Income tax: more than 20 thousand oil workers will pay it again, estimated Rucci
The debate over the reversal of Income Tax generated concern and uncertainty among the workers of Neuquén. The leader of the Oil Workers union Marcelo Rucci estimated that more than 20 thousand employees would have the obligation to pay it again if the fiscal package is approved.
In addition to Profits, the bill contemplates a series of fiscal measures among which are money laundering, a moratorium, changes in the Personal Property Tax, the modification of the monotax and the elimination of the tax on property transfers.
The project that was circulated indicates that single workers in a dependency relationship They will begin to pay it from a gross salary of $1,800,000, while married people will do so from $2,200,000.
Besides, eliminates the Patagonian zonea differential of 22% that was added to the calculation of the non-taxable base.
The general secretary of the Private Oil and Gas union of Neuquén, Río Negro and La Pampa, He detailed that “around 70% of workers will pay the tax.” He estimated that there are “more than 20 thousand workers.”
