The month of February will be marked by increases in regulated goods and services, such as electricity and gas rates, prepaid, fuel and telecommunications. Outside of these sectors, next month the current one will have moderate inflation, according to government projections. Within this framework, seven items will have increases for parity that they will try to beat the price increase.
In the case of private home workerswill obtain in February the third increase corresponding to 5%, agreed in the parity of the National Commission for Work in Private Homes. This covenant consists of four consecutive months of increasingly smaller increases. In December, the item obtained 8%, in January 7%, in February they will have 5% and 4% in March.
The trade employees will receive a 13.9% increase in February, while in March they will have 9.9% in their salaries, in accordance with what was agreed in the parity 2022-2023. by the state workers nucleated in ATE and UPCN, reached the agreement which will be 10% for February, 8% in March and 5.13% in April, achieving an annual increase of 97% for the salary in May.
Over the pharmaciststhe Federation of Argentine Health Workers (FATSA) agreed with the chambers of the sector, both drugstores and pharmaceutical laboratories, a total increase for the parity 2022, 96%. On the other hand, the union Workers and Employees of the Meat Industry, Tripería y sus Derivados (SOEICHA) signed its 2022 salary increase agreement with an accumulated increase of 107%, in addition, they obtained a non-remunerative sum of 17,500 pesos for February.
On the items that managed to agree on a bonus together with the corresponding parities are the mechanics and the like and those in charge of buildings. In the case of the former, the Automotive Transport Mechanics and Allied Union (SMATA) agreed to a total of 18.39% for the current month, February and March, and a bonus of between 200,000 to 300,000 pesos. The second item reached 16% for February and a bonus of 26 thousand pesos for the same month.
Increases in services
In the following month, Those who are considered high-income family groups in the Registry of Access to Energy Subsidies (RASE) will experience increases of up to 30% in their electricity rates. Regarding the prepaid, if those who have the medical service earn more than six minimum wages (406,458 pesos) per month, they will have an increase of 8.21%, according to the Health Costs index.
In the case of fuels, will increase 4% during February and 3.8% for March according to what was agreed between the Government and the companies YPF, Shell, Axion and Puma. This increase corresponds to 165 pesos per liter of super gasoline and 177 pesos per liter of diesel in the province of Buenos Aires.
