The Commerce union closed on Thursday with a 59.5%wage increase. Photo Marcelo Carol.
the guild of Trade closed this Thursday the salary increase of 59.5% in seven installments, Therefore, the primary agreement is from $ 90,000 to $ 139,000 in January 2023.
The increase will be paid in seven installments: 6% in April, 6% in May, 6% in June, 10% in August, 10% in September, 11% in November and 10.5% in January 2023.
The joint venture was signed by the Argentine Federation of Trade and Service Employees (FAECYS), the Argentine Chamber of Commerce (CAC), the Confederation of Medium-sized Enterprises (CAME) and the Union of Commercial Entities (Udeca).
The signed agreement establishes a revision clause in case inflation rises more than the agreed sum.
“We have reached this agreement considering the impact of accelerating prices of the first few months, and we have the promise of the chambers to open new examinations to that purchasing power does not lose the wages of workers against rising inflation ”, featured FAECYS general secretary Armando Cavalieri.
In addition, the unionist featured the conversation they had with the directors of the chambers during the negotiations, and added: “I would highlight our dialogue In this complex context for everyone and so much uncertainty, where is it priority to have a permanent understanding to closely follow the different variants of the economy and the ones affecting prices ”.
Armand Cavalieri. Photo: Marcelo Carroll.
Initially, the union planned to close a deal that would include an increase of between 20 and 23% but only in three months, April, May and June.
“No one can predict how much inflation will be this yearthat’s why we prefer to negotiate in the short term and discuss again in June, “they told the mercantile union.
At the beginning of February of this year, Commerce was able to reopen the parity and seal an agreement contemplating an additional increase of 13%, of which the annual increase reached 54%.
In a press release, the Argentine Federation of Commerce and Services Employees (FAECYS) explained that it had signed with the Argentine Chamber of Commerce (CAC), Confederation of Medium-sized Enterprises (CAME) and Union of Commercial Entities (Udeca) the closure of the annual joint venture (from April 2021 to March 2022).
The increase in the main agreement “raises the salary from $ 74,733 to $ 90,000 (including attendance), indicating an annual increase of 54%,” the Cavalieri -led union said.
Source: Clarin