The UTA called a transport stoppage for 48 hours

The conflict between UTA (Automotive Tramway Union) and the Government restarted its engines. This time, due to a dispute between the provincial governments and the National State due to the salary agreement for carriers.

Thus, the organization called for a 48-hour strike that will take place on October 12 and 13, since, according to the UTAall instances have been exhausted to try to reach an agreement, which has failed.

The UTA called a transport stoppage for 48 hours — The force measurement could be repeated.

“The term of the mandatory conciliation duly dictated by the labor portfolio has already expired, so the UTA calls for a 48-hour strike for Wednesday and Thursday” indicated the union in a press release, where they also stated that, given the lack of answers, they are forced to implement the force measure.

“We want to express that we have exhausted all the instances of negotiation in search of social peace, in order not to harm the users of our services in the interior of the country, but we must fight for the wages of the workers and for an increase that It is recognized by the businessmen, but the rulers are unaware, forcing us to take the measures”.

UT press release.

As they explained, the conflict began “due to the lack of payment of 8 billion pesos that affects the last salary agreement”, and on which the national government maintains that the provincial administrations should take charge.

“The Government says that the provinces are the ones that have to pay; the provinces say they don’t have the money. We are playing blind man’s rooster here and the victims always end up being us and the users of the servicesbecause we have no problem with the companies, we have already closed, but they cannot pay us because the money does not come to them”, explained the general secretary of the UTARobert Fernandez.