After a meeting with the Ministry of Labor, the unions railway They reviewed the 2022 parity and agreed to a new increase within the framework of the salary negotiation.
In this way, the parity agreement of the sector for the period April 2022-March 2023 it rises to 99.12%. With it, the railway they managed to overcome the inflation rates, which in December of last year reached 94.8%.
The railway They also agreed to pay a bonus of $46,754 for Railway Worker’s Daywhich is celebrated every March 1st, so the sum will be paid together with the assets for that month.
It should be remembered that, in November, the sector had completed another review with an increase of 36%, which would be paid in three tranches, together with a non-remunerative fixed sum —for the only time— equivalent to 15% of the total gross salary for September.
In this sense, starting this month, workers will receive a salary increase of 18.5%, calculated on the salaries of September; another of 10.5%, on those of November, and a last increase of 7%, in January 2023, on the remunerations of December.
The agreement was signed between Omar Maturano (head of the La Fraternidad Train Drivers Union), Enrique Maigua (of the Signalmen Association: ASFA), Adrián Silva (head of the hierarchical railway and port railway union: Apdfa) and the Minister of Labor Kelly elms.
In this regard, since the sectorthey pointed out: “With this increase, what we are achieving is not losing the purchasing power of salaries. With the bonus and some additional ones, we will be able to be above inflation, which is the objective”.
Parity 2023
It is expected that joint negotiations for the 2023-2024 period will begin in the coming weeks, discussions that will be focused on the inflation projection rates, which, according to the Government, this year will reach 60%.
In this way, the union will seek that wage increases are consistent with the rise in prices, so that workers do not lose purchasing power.
