This morning, after 11 o’clock, the oil unions of Neuquén, La Pampa and Río Negro met in Buenos Aires with representatives of the Ministry of Labor. The meeting was called by the organization to avoid the stoppage of activities this Tuesday and Wednesday announced by Petroleros Privados last Friday. From the Hierarchical Union They confirmed that they entered the interim period until June 26.
The strike had been announced days ago before the salary situation of a group of workers who receive salaries below the level of the Basic Basket. These are the operators who work 8 hours, who are mostly entrants to service companies, whose salary, according to the union, is between 600,000 and 800,000 pesos per month.
From Hierarchics they confirmed to Energía On that the meeting called By the Ministry of Labor it entered the interim period until June 26. The claim for salaries in the sector, which are at the base of the Petroleros salary pyramid, is not new.
From the cameras of the sector they point to a plus for these workers from the creation of a kind of fund to be nourished with a contribution from the highest-income workers. The initiative provokes rejection because, ultimately, it represents a flattening of the salary pyramid.
Given this situation, Private Oilers had A 48-hour strike was ordered as a forceful measure if the Nation call was not presented..
«We have colleagues who are below the poverty line. There is not going to be a tanker that has to go through this. They are going to have to fix this mess and I hope it is this week, because if not next week we will be on strike,” the Secretary General, Marcelo Rucci, had warned.
The measure of force was planned to Started yesterday Tuesday at 8 in the morning. With just over 12 hours left, the union reported its temporary suspension after the call from the National Ministry of Labor for today at 11 a.m.
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