The relationship of the state unions and the government of Río Negro It’s not going through the best moment. It is that, after the refusal to pay non-remunerative sumsas an alternative to salary increase, and 24 hour strike what he did UnTER last Friday, ATE Río Negro and the guild ASSPUR They also opposed this increase mechanism, considering it insufficient.
The Rio Negro president, Alberto Weretilneck, He used social networks to express his anger at the Rio Negro teachers. He wrote: “We have the best teacher salary in the country, there is no right to leave our children without classes and without eating. An unjustified stoppage, which, accordingly, will have its consequences. The salaries of Rio Negro teachers are the best in the country, recognized by the workers themselves, with an increase of 132% since February.”
And he also warned that there will be no new proposal in the joint venture: “There will be no new joint venture, the proposed increase will not be settled and the days not worked will not be paid.”
But that wasn’t all. This Saturday Weretilneck continued to be upset by the situation. He wrote: “More than 170 thousand children were deprived of attending school cafeterias. This is just a small part of the 5000 kilos of bread that we lost this Friday for the unjustified strike of the UnTER. This plus vegetables, fruits, meats, dairy products, are foods that were intended for thousands of students who were deprived of education and food. A day of teachers’ strike is a day in which 170 thousand students do not have breakfast/snack and 33 thousand children do not have lunch. It is an insult to families who need help from the school cafeteria and a setback in the students’ learning process. We greatly regret this selfish, unjustified decision and where the only ones harmed end up being our boys.”
UnTER’s response
In a press conference held at the headquarters of the Ministry of Labor, Silvana Inostroza, the general secretary of UnTER explained: “Adherence to the strike reached 98% throughout the province. The responsibility for the fact that there are no classes and that the canteens do not function in schools lies with the provincial government.”
The leader pointed out: “The government does not say that Teacher salaries are well below the poverty line. They offer non-remunerative sums per agent, flatten the salary pyramid and violate the principle of equal work, equal remuneration. We demand an urgent joint meeting for Tuesday the 18th, if not, we will stop again on Wednesday the 19th and we will hold a Congress on June 25 that will define the continuity of the fight plan.”
ATE declared itself free of action
While since Association of State Workers indicated that the salary offer of the Rio Negro Executive is insufficient and demanded a new joint call as a matter of urgency. The general secretary of the union, Rodrigo Vicente, He noted: “We find the last proposal insufficient and we believe that the government must make greater efforts to guarantee that the income of workers in the Rio Negro public sector is not deteriorated. If we do not receive a call in the next few hours to continue with the negotiations, and furthermore the government does not show the will to improve the last offer, We declare ourselves free of action to define direct action measures that we consider necessary in defense of our interests.”
Health requested a new call
Also health workers, grouped in ASSPUR They sent a note to Governor Weretilneck where they expressed “the absolute rejection, as insufficient, of the salary proposal in the general negotiations, with fixed and black sums that do not adjust in the slightest to the specifications demanded by our sector.”
In the note, they also requested that they be summoned again. “We ask that you urgently convene a new health sector board, in conjunction with the public service, with the aim of rediscussing salaries.”
Rejection of judicial
He Union of Judicial Workers of RíoNegro (SITRAJUR) rejected the correction in the salary increase offer made by the Judiciary because it was considered insufficient. Likewise, a new joint meeting was required to analyze an increase that includes salary recovery.
