2023-08-29 10:35:00
The CAME, the CAC and the UIA spoke out to question the mechanism implemented by the Minister of Economy to try to cushion the impact of the devaluation on purchasing power. they talked regarding “an imposition of the State on labor relations beyond its reach”.
The business chambers came out in unison on Monday to question the payment of the fixed sum of 60,000 pesos for workers established by the Minister of Economy and candidate for president for Unión por la Patria, Sergio Massa, within the framework of the measures to try to cushion the impact of the devaluation that was applied following the primaries.
“The private sector salary adjustment mechanism is parity and not an imposition of the State on labor relations outside its reach”alerted the Argentine Confederation of Medium Enterprises (CAME) through a statement.
Next, that business entity pointed out that “State interference in private activity not only makes the natural relationship between employers and employees more complex, but also puts at risk the weak situation of thousands of SMEs that are going through a scenario of extreme fragilitywith costs that are constantly increasing, with the impossibility of importing basic inputs and with a recession that increasingly threatens consumption”.
The CAME pronouncement was reinforced with messages from the Argentine Chamber of Commerce and Services (CAC) and the Argentine Industrial Union (UIA), which also alerted by the interference of the national government in joint negotiations.
In this regard, UIA sources consulted by this medium remarked that “any salary recomposition must be through parity.” “These increases by decree distort collective negotiations and can generate legal disputes regarding remunerative and non-remunerative sums”they raised.
To justify their position, they recalled that “Argentine industry has 346 active collective labor agreements, with their respective agreements for salary increases and other benefits”. “We consider that a unilateral and transversal decision to establish increases by decree will generate an overlap of percentages or amounts that would contradict or overlap with the scales freely established by the parties in the framework of the negotiation processes, distorting the agreements reached, since the scales they respond to different technical, economic and business realities according to each activity”, they stressed.
The CAC expressed, through a statement, its “Deep concern regarding the granting of a sum to private sector workers recently announced by the National Government.”
“The Entity is fully aware of the deterioration that the purchasing power of salaries experiences month by month hand in hand with the persistent and high inflation that the national economy supports, as a result of long-standing imbalances. But at the same time, it should be noted that a good part of the country’s companies are in a delicate situation, precisely due to a disordered macroeconomy and stagnation that has already accumulated for a decade, which makes it unfeasible for them to face the fixed sum”they differentiated.
On Monday the Minister of Labor, Raquel “Kelly” Olmos, was in charge of providing some details regarding the non-remunerative fixed sum and on account of futures that Massa announced, which Formal workers with income not exceeding 400,000 net pesos must receive it and it will be granted in equal parts during September and October.
Although the CGT celebrated the package of actions presented by Massa with messages that it diversified on Sunday, as the hours passed, the voices of some trade unionists became known They warned that assistance is insufficient given the impact of inflation on the pocket of workers.
“It is a good measure, it may not be enough. It is not,” said Mario Manrique, the assistant secretary of SMATA who together with Pablo Moyano promoted the demands for the national government to grant a fixed sum to compensate for the price race. Speaking to Radio Con Vos, The trade unionist also pointed out that in his activity, in the field of large terminals where salaries exceed 400,000 pesos, this improvement will not have an impact.
The Secretary General of the Central de Trabajadores de Argentina (CTA) and national deputy for the ruling party, Hugo Yasky, agreed in stating that “this is the path but it is still not enough.” “We must further deepen the distribution and protect the people once morest the abuses of speculators,” asked.
Buenos Aires Correspondent
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