In the press conference given on the night of this Monday 18, the increases that will be effective from next July 1 were announced:
1) An additional increase of 3% will be granted to all pensions and pensions.
2) It is resolved to grant an additional salary increase of 2% to public officials.
3) And in relation to private salaries, the government will convene the Superior Tripartite Council, the governing body in labor relations, so that the negotiating tables that do not have a correction for inflation are convened in 2022.
The increases were announced by President Luis Lacalle after a meeting in the Executive Tower with the Ministers of Economy, Azucena Arbeleche, of Labor, Pablo Mieres, and the director of the OPP, Isaac Alfie. “This proposal goes directly to the problem, it is a tool to alleviate the loss of purchasing power,” said the president, who also announced that he is working on the issue of basic basket prices.
