The Association of Air Traffic Controllers of Uruguay (Actau) announced this Friday night that it accepted the proposal of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security that it accepted its proposal to resume collective bargaining, so that this renders the union measure to prevent takeoffs at the Carrasco Airport ineffective.
This Friday afternoon, the Ministry of Defense had requested that the essentiality of the work be declared of the controllers if no agreement was reached. Finally, the union met with the Ministry of Labor and at night decided to lift the measure.
The Minister of National Defense, Javier García, celebrated the agreement. “Because the union measures announced by the controllers were lifted, essentiality is no longer necessary. On Monday air activity will be normal. In good time,” he said on his Twitter account.
Actau had announced Wednesday that would prevent takeoffs at different times from July 10 to 16 because the Ministry of Defense (MDN) breached the agreement that they had signed in December, for which they had reached an agreement in principle in June.
What do air traffic controllers claim?
Controllers they ask for a “remuneration according” to the “current qualifications”two articles in the Accountability that they budget one equal pay for the same function and charge “per instruction”as well as a payment to instructors.
After announcing on June 27 that they would prevent flights during from July 3 to 16Controllers they dismissed the measure on July 1 after several meetings with the Ministries of Defense and Labor. “Negotiation in good faith in the tripartite sphere of the Ministry of Labor and Social is the way for the effective resolution of disputes”they wrote that day.
However, this Tuesday they met with MDN authorities at the Ministry of Labor, and Defense “failed to compromise a solution for compliance with the collective agreement”because “the Bill of Accountability and budget balance of 2022 has already been sent to Parliament”marked Actau in a statement.
Andrés Martínez, union leader, explained to The Observer that the agreed articles were sent to Surrender, but “with amounts much lower than what is needed to solve the problems”, and even minors to whom Defense had informed.
