He Commercial and Industrial Center of Salto I expected that this Saturday they would be announced measures to improve the economic and commercial activity of the department during the visit of the Secretary of the Presidency, Alvaro Delgado.
The proposals were not finally made known, the union maintains its claims and now hopes that the announcements will materialize as soon as possible.
During the visit, Delgado participated in the inauguration of a polyclinic of the State Health Services Administration (ASSE) together with Leonardo Cipriani and also met with the representatives of the Commercial and Industrial Center of Salta.
The union stated on its Twitter account that the result had not been as expected.
The president of the center vera fachinsaid to The Observer that the union had great expectations about the measures for the country’s coastline that were expected to be announced during a press conference held by the Secretary of the Presidency.
“It is painful to hear that at the national level everything seems to be going well, there are the best investment, development and employment indices; when in our city the reality is very different, ”she pointed out.
Fachín stated that the lack of structural border policy measures is having serious consequences for the economy and employment in the department.
For this reason, for the businesswoman it is necessary that urgent measures be applied, both from the national and departmental governments, to address the economic and commercial situation and grant real support to companies.
remembered that unemployment in the department stands at 14.2%well above the 8.6% nationwide in March.
One of the employers’ demands is that the Ministry of Labor allow Extend partial and total unemployment insurance for commercial activity at the border.
Another is the increase in the percentage of IMESI discount to 40%.
But there are also other proposals that are embodied in bills that are being studied by the Senate Finance Committee. Fachín indicated that these projects propose specific solutions, such as VAT exemption for a group of products sold by merchants.
Finally, he commented that after the conference and during the meeting, Delgado assured that announcements will be made next week based on the union’s proposals.
