Oil industry workers with salaries below the basic basketthat is the central calling topic of the assembly held this Thursday by the union of Private Oil Tankers of Río Negro, Neuquén and La Pampa in Añelo, which promised not only to paralyze the heart of Vaca Muerta, but also echo the changes that were being debated in the Senate on Income Tax and labor regulationl.
The information meeting was scheduled at 10 when entering the Non-Conventional Management of YPFin Añelo, but the Task retention was indicated for 8 and not only in the area but it extends to all the union managements, both in Neuquén and Río Negro, as well as in La Pampa.
As detailed, the central event was organized in Añelo but in each of the units Assemblies were called to analyze the labor situation in each region.
The calling theme It emerged this Wednesday in a meeting that took place in the same offices of the union’s general secretary, Marcelo Rucci. In that meeting, in which more than 30 companies from the Chamber of Hydrocarbon Producing Companies (CEPH) and Special Services (Ceope) participated, there was one point of contention: the salaries of the initial workers in the services segment.
According to what was stated by the union, these are the so-called «8-hour workers»who mostly perform tasks in the bases of service companies and who, as noted, They receive salaries below the basic basket line, between 600,000 and 800,000 pesos.
This point will be brought to the assembly, with a view to the joint meeting that the union will have with the chambers at the end of the month, and it is not ruled out that it could lead to the initiation of forceful measures.
But in parallel, the assembly in which They expect the presence of thousands of workersthe guild too will raise the flag before the changes promoted in the Bases Law in Congressespecially those related to the collection of Income Tax and the modifications in the labor chapter.
From the Private Oil Tankers Union they have been participating this week in a series of meetings with other unions and business entities strongly linked to the changes that the national government is promoting and for which On Tuesday, a joint position was issued with the Hierarchical, Uocra and ATE Neuquén unions against the policies promoted by Javier Milei’s management.
