In drum meters from his office, Economy employees demanded of Guzmán an immediate 50% increase

“Don’t go to the fifth floor “. With that order, authorities tried to stop this afternoon the group of 30 employees who committed a batucada within the Ministry of Economy. The fear was that they would delay the hearing to raise the electricity bill, but this did not happen. The demonstrators approached a few meters from Martín Guzmán’s office, but were not received by the Minister.

“The ministry is decimated, more and more workers are leaving because of low wages, precariousness, and the answer is to put a police cordon on us,” said Pablo Almeida, ATE delegate. “They are holding public hearings to define a new tariff and inflation doesn’t stop, it eats up our salaries, they don’t listen to us, but they listen to the Fund“, he highlighted.

Kicks and snares began bouncing on the marble walls at 1 p.m., as workers began to climb from the second floor. The tour, where gathered approximately 500 signaturesthis is to request “immediate” wage recomposition of 50% from Juneautomatic update for inflation and a benefit called specific function

The protest lasted just over an hour and stopped in the fifth-floor stairwell hall. There, in front of the bronze statuette of Saint Martin, Five security guards blocked the entranceson the one hand, in the offices where the hearing for rates was held and, on the other hand, in Guzmán’s office, which continued his activities.

In the environment of the minister, they did not give much importance to the demonstration. “It always happens, This is a batucada made since the beginning and always has the same results: null, he did not receive them”, they pointed out in the portfolio, where they maintain a larger dialogue with the UPCN union, which they consider“ more representative ”.

The lawsuit erupted amid the pressures Guzmán faces. Throughout the program review, the IMF anticipated that the objectives would not be reached, including the promise to reduce the fiscal deficit. In the case of public salaries, the idea is to keep them unchanged this year in relation to the product (2.9% of GDP)as expected in Washington and Buenos Aires.

Besides, the acceleration of inflation -in April it will accumulate by more than 20% – forced new measures, such as the advance until June of the payment of the minimum, vital and mobile salary. The decision was announced after the submission to Congress of a similar project by Máximo Kirchner. This sector is demanding that the pension moratorium be extended, while movements are asking for more help and jobs.

The closing of the final equality of around 60% – Buenos Aires public employees, banks and construction – is another factor feeding the claims within the economy. The public administration will begin salary negotiations with unions in the coming weeks, after agreeing last month on further increases that bring the 2021 increase to 64%.

The economy returned weeks ago to full presence, also generating claims on employees. According to ATE calculations, the Treasury employs more than 2,000 workers, of which 1,500 have annual contracts, 500 are permanent staff and the rest are monotributists. Ang The average salary for an intermediate category is between $ 75,800 and $ 115,000 out of pocket.