Exhausted legal shortcuts so that the Ministry of Labor dictates a new mandatory conciliation, the Automotive Tram Union (UTA) defined A collective strike For Tuesday of next week in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (AMBA) as a claim for salary improvements. Thus arises from the official minutes of the meeting that the Ministry of Labor organized. The force measure could be extended to the whole countryaccording to union sources.
This situation was reached after a month and a half of negotiations between the business chambers, the state and the guild in which it was considered A 7% salary increase in six installments. The salaries of the drivers, which range between 1,000,000 and 1,500,000, have been frozen since December last year. The figure offered by business chambers will result in an increase in the ticket of 6% from next month.
This afternoon there was a hearing among the representatives of the six business chambers, leaders of the UTA and members of the Ministry of Labor to try to avoid unemployment, which, if completed, would affect more than 300 lines of groups that circulate through the AMBA. For this meeting, the guild intended to substantially improve the proposal of 7% increase, but that did not happen. “There will be a strike, surely,” said a leader close to Roberto Fernándezthe head of the UTA since 2008.
“Given the shame, added to the silence and passivity of the different levels of the State (national, province of Buenos Aires and City of Buenos Aires), in the face Prolonged, nor will we allow the purchasing power, dignity and sustenance of more than 60,000 working families to continue to play, ”warned the guild at the hearing, as arises from the official parity act to which he accessed The nation.
The unemployment will be for 24 hours and will affect 9 million passengers, according to the guild. There will be a new audience on Monday to the measure of force, in what would be the government’s last attempt to avoid protest.
The salary conflict of the UTA is not one more of the puzzle of parity because it hides a fight that directly involves the State. The balance of state subsidies to guarantee the service was unbalanced with the progress of time. In the AMBA the system works today with $ 172,000 million per month, of which 70% are contributed by the State and 30% for the price of ratesaccording to business sources.
With pure political calculation, the government, through the Secretary of Labor, Julio Corderomanaged to extend the salary negotiation of the collectivers to prevent the UTA from adhering to the last unemployment of the CGT, on April 10. Without the adhesion of the UTA, the general strike lost strength. But now, without the possibility of issuing a new conciliation, an agreement is necessary to avoid the conflict.
“Entrepreneurs have offered for the months of February, March, April, May and June a remunerative increase of less than 6% to be paid as of June. This offers non -remunerative sums of $ 40,000 for May 26; $ 50,000 on June 16 and $ 70,000 on July 15. A disrespect,” said the UTA in a statement. Roberto Fernández, the head of the collectivers, bothers the conflict, but in his environment they slid that this time he has no choice but the confrontation. Therefore, the call to a national collective strike for May 6.
