05/17/2021 8:33 AM
Clarín.com
Economy
Updated 05/17/2021 8:33 AM
The government will seek to close a
34% salary increase from June and in five tranches
for public employees
in the coming weeks
. The secretary of Management and Public Employment, Ana Castellani,
advances in these points with the unions, but there are still differences on the payments and the number of sections.
The parity, due to expire at the end of May, is key because it reaches
200,000 workers
and serves as a reference for the provinces. And it will also be read as a
signal from the Ministry of Economy
in the midst of negotiations with the IMF and the internal one for resources in an election year.
The official premise is that the increase in 2021 should be around 20%
with a payment in June, October and December, and
the remaining 15% between January and May 2022.
The Executive has pending to specify a campaign slogan: that
the income beat inflation and recover what was lost in the last four years.
"We will be between 40 and 42% this year,"
estimated official sources.
The calculation arises from adding the 18% increase agreed between February and May last for 2020 and the part of the increase that is negotiated for the remainder of 2021, not counting 2022. That is, without taking the calendar of the parity.
Strictly speaking,
the update will take effect between June 1 and May 31 of the following year
and reflects a shift from the goal of 29% -33%.
After a first round in line with the guideline (Banking, Porters and Commerce), the last agreements closed between 35 and 37% (UOM, Uocra and Ferroviarios).
In the State, the discussion continues green.
Without an official call, for now there were only informal talks.
"We are not that far away, we are a few points of difference and we want to shorten the quotas,
it is not yet closed,
" the head of UPCN and number two of the CGT, Andrés Rodríguez, confirmed to Clarín.
In good dialogue with La Rosada,
the unions are willing to sign 34% if the number of sections is reduced
and includes a
review in October
. ATE, likewise, aims to negotiate a single payment in 2021 or that the greatest impact is in June so that it affects the Christmas bonus.
"The official consumer price index for April surprised us all, it shows that
the inflationary process is on the rise and is not stopping
. The new increase in fuels that was known at this time will generate increases," he warned the secretary ATE deputy, Rodolfo Aguiar.
Unions face internal pressure. ATE weeks ago signed a
record rise of 53%
in five sections in Río Negro (after agreeing to 12%) before the self-organized protest that
paralyzed Vaca Muerta
. Now, another rebellious sector will claim 40% at a stretch from the Economy on Wednesday.
The state companies obtained last year 12% in two tranches, a lump sum of $ 4,000 for salaries of up to $ 60,000 gross
and a year-end bonus of the same value.
Thus, the end-to-end variation was 17 or 31% depending on the scale.
"In any case, they lost
", agree in the Rosada and the unions.
The question is whether this year the public sector will win the race against prices.
According to the Congressional Budget Office, personnel expenses fell 12.9% annually in real terms in April, while retirements and pensions fell 13.4% in the same period.
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