Through a press release entitled “We are fed up”, the Banking Association announced that, given the lack of responses from the business sector to reach a joint agreement, they will implement forceful measures.
the guild assures that “the business chambers still do not understand the needs of the bank workers”, for which they will take “the necessary measures to defend the salary”, according to the Banking Association.
In this way, the Banking Association will meet this Tuesday in order to establish what will be the force measures to be implemented. In this regard, Sergio Palazzo, general secretary of the entity, announced days ago that they will go on strike.
“We have received January without the salary increase corresponding to the 2022 parity, which should be closed and, due to the times, we will reach February and we will not be charging. If there is no answer, before the end of February, we are going to make a measure of force, a strike”, he indicated.
Within this framework, today’s meeting will serve to define when the strike will be implemented and its scope, since on February 9, after the last meeting with the business chambers, there was no wage agreement.
In this regard, Ricardo Palma, secretary of the association, said: “The meetings were delayed. The business chambers have turned a deaf ear to the demands of the workers. We are already fed up with this topic. I think we are going to take a measure of force. Let’s see how we do it and the date”.
And he confirmed that the measure of force “would be a strike. What we do not know is if it would be with or without assistance. We are waiting for Sergio’s call to see what action is taken”.
What are the workers demanding?
From the guild They demand, first, that last year’s parities be closed, since this has not been done, and second, that the salary negotiations for this 2023 be agreed above inflation.
In addition, require companies to bear part of what employees must pay for Income Taxbecause this generates wage losses, but there has been no response from employers.
“Regarding the income tax, based on the premise that our union has always maintained that wages are not earnings, we need to begin to follow a path that allows, once and for all, to achieve relief for those who pay this tax. Since this is not resolved with a legislative reform in a timely manner, our claim is necessary and legitimate that, in this emergency, the banking entities take charge of compensation,” they indicated in their statement.
