The Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security convened this week 26 unions and their respective sectoral chambers to begin negotiations for the parity. The goal is to resolve in the shortest time possible, due to the effect of inflation.
The price increases registered so far this year have severely affected the pockets of the population that claims salary adjustments urgently. Although last year the parity they regained some points of purchasing power.
In January, the private sector managed to get parity will outpace inflation, but In February, with the 4.6% rise in prices and a possible variation of 6% in March, salaries were below the salary increases achieved.
Although there are many versions by the workers, the average request from the unions will be around 50%, in addition to the possibility that the revisions will be periodic to reduce the effect of inflation, of which there are discouraging expectations.
Which guilds are the most advanced
In the discussion of paritythe UOCRA (Construction Workers’ Union of the Argentine Republic) agreed only a month ago to a 6.2% increase over the agreement that had been signed last year, with which the annual adjustment is already equivalent to 54%.
This guild will have to negotiate the scale of the next twelve months, so the proposed trading base is expected to be equal to 54% or greater. modifications they could be only for the next three months, to promote negotiations for shorter periods.
The restaurant and hotel sector has the habit of negotiating the parity in June, so there is still no progress in their parity or in the proposal that they will make to the Government.
Meanwhile, the Argentine Chamber of Construction, which estimates inflation close to 50% for this year, is also looking for a similar adjustment. The truckers, for their part, are far from defining the percentage they will request.
Those who have already achieved adjustment are the tourism, hotel and gastronomic workers who agreed to an annual increase of 49%. It still remains to apply 14% between June and July.
