The Argentine Federation of Commerce and Services Employees (FAECYS) ratified The salary increase of 5,4% quarterly, which is objected by the Ministry of Economy, and assured that it will be paid the same to the workers although the Ministry of Labor does not approve it because it is established by a clause signed by entrepreneurs.
The position of the union that leads Armando Cavalieri, confirming a hardening Before the government, it will have an immediate consequence: the union entity I wouldn’t go to the meeting convened for this afternoon by the Secretary of Labor, Julio Cordero, along with the cameras, to try to Reformulen The figures of the parity.
The Faceys said in a statement that the increase signed with the business chambers of the sector (CAC, Came and Udeca), corresponding to the April-June quarter, “is located fully in force, in accordance with the provisions of the parties “, since” the subscribed act includes a clause specific that guarantees validity and application of the agreement, even in the event that administrative homologation is not produced immediately. ”
“Specifically,” he added, “the tenth article of the Agreement stipulates:” In the case of the approval of the Agreement and maturities are produced by the agreed deadlines for the payment of the increases in the expected staggered form, the employers will pay the sums in the agreed manner with the mention ‘anticipated payment on account of the collective Agreement April 2025 ‘, which will be replaced and compensated by the corresponding items once the agreement is approved ”.
The agreement signed last week includes a cumulative salary increase in 5,4%, distributed in three sections (1.9% in April, 1.8% in May and 1.7% in June)but, as he anticipated Infobae, The Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo, Object the figures because They exceed the 1% monthly that seeks to impose on negotiations to sustain the Inflationary deceleration.
The agreement establishes that the basic salary with presentism will reach the $1.123.000 and includes Fixed sums that will be incorporated into the basics from July.
In the press release, Cavalieri said “This agreement was reached through the responsible dialogue between legitimate parties” And “it has full validity and is part of our commitment to the support of workers’ purchasing power, In a context of High inflation that continues to hit Argentine families. ”
The trade leader added: “From Faecys we defend The value of collective bargaining and we believe that The agreed agreements must be respected and applied. This provides predictability both workers and companies in the sector ”.
-As he anticipated Infobae, Economy Question The trade parity because exceeds 1% monthly, Figure of the official guideline for the salary increases of these months, and Cordero had summoned trade unionists and businessmen for this afternoon so that replanteen The numbers agreed last week.
The government’s decision resulted in criticism from a about dialogue Like Cavalieri: “Have wages that increase 1.5% or 1.7% It is really a danger For the stability that Milei is looking for? If so, we are in a very delicate situation “, He said in an interview with Infobae He added: “If we believe that this will be in danger of the inflation of Argentina, We are lost. There is no way out. “
The trade leader said that his union drags a 20% salary loss In the first quarter and anticipated that if the government insists on not standardizing the parity “We will dialogue to know what they intend” And he added: “We hope to convince the business sector that Pay the increase the same. It is not an abysmal difference. For a supermarket, paying a 1% salary increase is not a catastrophe. “
Minister Caputo, however, does not think the same and wants the peers They get on in increases of 1% monthly: In tune with the forecasts of private consultants, he believes that in April It will go down Inflation (there is talk of 3%), but to maintain the trend descendant It points to the prices and salaries They are updated below of the cost of living.
The increase agreed by Cavalieri with three of the cameras too divided The Business Front. The Wholesale Supermarkets Chamber (Casma) He expressed his “concern and disagreement by the parity of commerce and said that “it is unacceptable validate this type of agreements in which companies, which will ultimately have to face the highest cost, They were not part of the decision. ”
“In the case of the Government approved said agreement,” he added, ” Companies will be forced to transfer said increase to sales prices, con negative impact in the purchasing capacity of consumers and logically deepening the current recessive scenario. “
For its part, Juan Vasco MartínezExecutive Director of the United Supermarket Association (ASS), He considered that, detailing the salary agreement, the union “Interestingly, omit the incidence of fixed sums (the last of which is incorporated into the salary) in the “real increases” and that give an final result of approximately one 9,6% increasing between the percentages and the fixed sums, with which Does not discuss 1% Como says Cavalieri “.
