The Minister of Labor, Raquel “Kelly” Olmos, affirmed this Monday that from the portfolio that she directs, a follow-up is being carried out on the parities in which “a very vigorous negotiation” that does not require additional interventions, while for the informal sector work is done in “instruments of social policy”.
“In the field of formal employment, we are monitoring joint negotiations and we see that the negotiation is very vigorous and does not require additional or external interventions,” said the official, in statements to El Destape Radio, when asked about the multiple salary negotiations of these weeks.
Regarding informal work, Olmos pointed out that “for this sector we have a number of social policy instruments” given that “it has much more difficulties negotiating income and it is the expression of all that Argentina became impoverished in each neoliberal process of indebtedness and crisis in the external sector that we have experienced”.
In this direction, the head of the labor portfolio indicated that in the Empower Work programs “There are 1,200,000 beneficiaries that are not correlated with the current level of employment or unemployment, but rather with informality.”
“That is why tools are delivered recognizing that it is a complement to improve the income of an informal sector that is a worker and is not unemployed,” he added.
In addition, Olmos referred to the measure of force called for this Thursday by the bankers and considered that “the possibility of continuing to discuss the participation in the profits that the union has is a virtuous objective.”
“It gives me satisfaction that with the Peronist governments we have to discuss the income tax and when there are neoliberal governments we have to discuss so as not to lose jobs”explained the minister.
Regarding the recent joint teacher agreement of 33.5% for the first semester, the official pointed out that “the inflation target of 30 points for the first semester remains in force” and that although “this is the parameter”, it is correct that “the sectors can look for some additional point of recomposition”.
