At a press conference, the hierarch stated that he does not agree with the mobilization reaching the main resort in the middle of the season, taking into account that “people have been out of work for two years” and “beginning to make their daily wages.”
The chief stated that “Those who don’t risk anything come”because they have “little money insured in their pockets with much higher salaries” to what they earn employees, merchants or waiters, who have a few days to take advantage of the season, according to FM Gente de Maldonado.
Antia added that will analyze if the demonstration can reach Punta del Este. In that sense, he recalled that in the past —when he was also mayor (summer 2002) and in the face of a similar union measure—, another place in Maldonado was agreed upon so that the demonstration could take place without affecting labor activity in the coastal zone. .
The measure is part of the conflict that the official banking sector is currently carrying out in rejection of the salary adjustment ordered by the Executive Power for 2022, and the lack of progress in other claims.
AEBU
The realization of a march towards the main spa had been approved at the end of last December, but the date had been put on hold pending how the negotiations for the renewal of the collective agreement evolved. Throughout these weeks there were strikes in different dependencies and since there were no more negotiation meetings to attend to the claims, it was decided to carry out the mobilization.
A central point of difference between the union and the Executive Power lies in the salary adjustment ordered by the government for official banks in 2022. This adjustment consists of an increase of 5.8%, tied to projected inflation. The formula is complemented with corrections for 2023 and 2024 corresponding to the difference between the projected inflation and the actual inflation.
AEBU maintains that there is a salary loss of approximately 3% generated in 2021, and the government says it cannot compensate it immediately. In addition, it is considered that the proposal of a 5.8% adjustment in force since January implies a salary drop that would also be below the adjustment offered to the other state unions. These would have a 1.2% recovery of the loss suffered in January 2021, and would arrive on this basis at an adjustment of 7% in 2022.
This Monday there will be a 24-hour strike at Banco República (BROU) agencies and branches. At noon there will be a march towards the Executive Tower with a strike from 12 noon and until 7 p.m. in the rest of the official banks, the union reported this Friday.
