Some unions hope to reopen parity, as in the case of employees in private homes.
August has several hikes ahead of it and a high inflation base that presupposes a July to be forgotten. On Thursday, August 11, INDEC will release last month’s CPI data, which the government itself claims to be wrong. Being wrong means you’ll take a leap, estimates see it at 8% from. It would drop by August but it will remain high: 5%. In addition, there will be several upward adjustments: prepaid, rentals, expenses and groups. In the midst of all this, some guilds will charge increase.
There are at least 8 who have already foreseen increases in Augustwhile many others are proposing to reopen their joint ventures, as is the case with domestic workers who expect to be called to work in the middle of the month.
Among those who will see their salaries increase are: Commerce, Union of Metallurgical Workers (UOM), national state, chemical and petrochemical workers, health and marine workers, among others.
Then, one by one, the whole list:
- Business
The Trade Employee Union closed the 2022/2023 joint venture in mid-April with a salary increase of 59.5% in seven installments, for which the basic agreement will pass in January 2023 from $ 90,000 to $ 139,000.
Seven installments remain to be received from the planned increase: 10% in August, another 10% in September, 11% in April and the remaining 10.5% in January 2023. They have already received 6% in April and a percentage equal to May and June.
chemistry and petrochemistry
The Argentine Federation of Chemical and Petrochemical Industry Workers (FATIQYP) has signed a joint agreement for this year for 63% of what is left to receive an increase 13% in August and 14% in November.
They make up the total agreement: 20% of May, and two of 8% that will arrive only in 2023, one in January and the other in March.
Union of Metallurgical Workers (UOM)
After several weeks of negotiations and on the verge of a conflict scenario, last week the Union of Metallurgical Workers (UOM) managed to sign an agreement with the Chambers of Business of the activity as part of the reopening of the joint venture sectoral and has achieved an additional 20% salary increase That increases the annual increase to 65%in line with what was agreed by the majority of private sector unions.
The joint agreement, the first negotiated by the metallurgical management of Abel Furlán, the leader close to Kirchnerism who replaced Antonio Caló at the helm of the union, envisaged to bring forward the last installment of 12% of the original salary contract to the month of August. set a 45% increase.
To this are added two other sections, 10% from October salaries and the remaining 10% from November salaries, with which the “global minimum reference income” of the asset will be $ 95,828 from August.
- state workers
The government conceded government employees a 60% increase in parity from 1 June in five tranches and with a review clause in the event of inflation. The parties will meet again in October.
The first wage shift took place in June, 16%. The rest of the fees will be: 12% from 1 August 2022; 12% from October 1st; 10% from 1 January 2023 and 10% from 1 March 2023.
- Health (sanatoriums and clinics)
The first days of May, the Federation of Argentine Health Workers’ Associations (Fatsa) and the business chambers of the activity agreed with the Ministry of Labor the union of the year, which provided for a salary increase of 59% in five sections.
In this way they will receive around 300,000 workers 19% in August, 9% in November and another 9% in December, with revision in next October and February. They have already received 11% in May and the same percentage in June.
Finally, the agreement signed between the trade union and the companies provides that for the day of the health worker, on 21 September, A bonus of $ 6,638 will be paid out.
- ship workers
For its part, the Argentine Union of Naval Workers (SAON) agreed in May for a 50% increase, divided into 3 sections: 15% in May and 10% in June 15% in July. And the last, which now comes in August, by 10%. Additionally, they had agreed to receive a $ 20,000 bonus, which hit their pockets in April. The sealed compromise included a new meeting in September for a review.
- Courts of CABA
: The Union of Judicial Workers (Sitraju) of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires obtained a salary increase of 41% applied in three sections. Similarly, August 5 was set as the date for the review clause.
- plastic
Plastics and their respective chambers have agreed on a 40.9% salary increase until next September and the payment of an unprofitable fixed sum of $ 66,000 in 4 installments: April, May, June and August.
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Source: Clarin
