Bank strike: main meeting today with Labor to unlock joint

Authorities of La Bancaria, the union led by Sergio Palazzo, and the chambers that bring together financial entities will hold a meeting this Thursday at noon to the Ministry of Labor. The goal is bring the parties together to reconcile the joint of the sector and thus feasible deactivate the 24-hour strike launched by the union for this Thursday the 28th. The meeting is at noon.

However, in the union they are pessimistic. They believe that at that meeting there will be no improvement in the initial offer, which will be around 45%. And that La Bancaria will just be taken care of establish the guild’s willingness to communicate and that they were in favor of a misunderstanding. “But tomorrow’s strike is over,” they indicated.

The union is demanding a salary adjustment with a floor of 60% per annum, with updates over periods of three or six months. This is the percentage, they say, that banks and consultants estimate annual inflation for 2022, according to the Survey of Market Expectations (REM) collected by the Central Bank each month.

The expected inflation in REM for March is 59.2% year-on-year. Business rooms first offer 45%.ang

In the first quarter, the union advanced with three lump sum between $ 14,000 and $ 29,000 depending on salary, which, however, is not enough to alleviate the high level of inflation, which was higher at 15% through March, according to union sources.

The parity, which expired Dec. 31, was too late. The union expected to close the joint agreement in April, but after several meetings failed, it decided to call a strike with mobilization.

Palazzo is a national representative for the Front of All and responding politically to Vice President Cristina Kirchner.

Without an agreement, Labor Minister Claudio Moroni could still intervene. The officer can dictate a mandatory settlement which allows to stretch the negotiation and stop the measure of force.

Carlos Cisneros, Secretary of Administration of the union, is Hard against Moroni: “The minister plays for the banking sector, when it must maintain balance between the parts. Moroni could be Mauricio Macri’s perfect minister “.

And he added: “We can’t accept behavior like he did in a Peronist government, and be careful I’m not Raven LarroqueThe comment refers to La Cámpora’s criticism of the Minister of the Economy, Martín Guzmán.

On the side of the chambers grouping the financial sector, they say that, although the standard is “to guarantee the purchasing power of the salaries of bank workers”, they disagree in compliance with the values ​​set by the REM.

make sure this amount was never used in a joint negotiation.And they point out that the business sector “does not want to contribute to the acceleration of the inflationary process“With the salary increase as demanded by the union, which is higher than the current inflation.

Banks came off 51% closing in 2021, just above annual inflation of 50.9%. Expectations for this year will exceed 60% in negotiations, although it could happen quarterly or semi-annual agreement.

Other claims

In addition to the salary increase, the union has other demands on the settlement table. They are asking for solutions such as the regulation of the law telecommutinga kindergarten universal (without gender diversity), outsourcing and dismantling of banking work.

The bank also requires retraining jobs about the development of technology, prevent branch closures and repeal Central Bank circulars allowing financial services to be provided outside the banking system, among other subjects.

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