"I hope you don't keep restricting us": ATE criticized Javier Milei's government over the new collective bargaining meeting.
After several months of protests and demands from unions, theNational Government summoned the State Workers Association (ATE) and the National Civil Personnel Union (UPCN) to negotiate the upcoming collective bargaining negotiations. The unions announced they will seek to set the minimum wage above $1,800,000.
The meeting will take place at the Labor Secretariat, which reports to the Ministry of Human Capital, on Wednesday the 23rd, starting at 3:00 PM. ATE's general secretary, Rodolfo Aguiar, criticized Javier Milei's administration and emphasized: "You took the collective bargaining agreements out of the freezer, now I hope you take the salaries out of the basement."
" In just 19 months, the government has destroyed the income of all public sector workers . If the proposal doesn't consider recovering all lost purchasing power, there will be no possibility of any agreement," Aguiar announced via social media. The unionists' proposal would set public sector salaries at $1,869,000 . "It's the salary that allows us to cover the cost of the family basket," the union leader stated.
BREAKING NEWS!! THE GOVERNMENT CALLED ATE TO PARITY ON WEDNESDAY!!
You took the collective bargaining agreements out of the freezer @JMilei , now I hope you take the salaries out of the basement.
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Aguiar reiterated that ATE " will not accept wage caps" and requested that the offer be set above inflation; he also asserted that this is the "constitutional right of the union." The union leader concluded his brief message by crossing paths with President Javier Milei. "You increased your assets by 500% in the last year and lowered taxes for the rich. I hope you don't continue to tighten them for us, " he stated.
At the last collective bargaining meeting in April, the National Government granted a 3.9% salary increase during the March-May quarter, distributing it equally at 1.3% each month, in addition to a $45,000 bonus when May salaries were paid. This increase was welcomed by the UPCN (National Union of Workers' Unions) and the General Confederation of Labor (CGT), but not by ATE (National Labor Union), which described it as " a blow to state salaries ."
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