08/31/2021 6:01 AM
Clarín.com
Economy
Updated 08/31/2021 7:20 AM
The assertion of the candidate for deputy for the Frente de Todos
Victoria Tolosa Paz
that the airline LATAM not only left Argentina
but several countries in the region
was
denied
by the union that groups the former workers of this airline, which closed its subsidiary in July of last year.
"The accountant Tolosa Paz addressed an issue of which she is obviously unaware. LATAM only left Argentina. Its other subsidiaries continued to be reduced and today they are slowly beginning to normalize their services," said
Fernán Aras
, who heads the
Union of Pilots Aviators of LATAM
(UPAL). Aras added, in reference to the Chilean and Brazilian capital airline subsidiaries: "They are
reincorporating personnel
and adjusting their operations to the new reality. Clearly the candidate
hides this
so that it is not evident that what happened
was their fault. Government
".
On June 17, 2020, LATAM Airlines announced the closure of its subsidiary LATAM Argentina, in the midst of a pandemic, just three weeks after requesting its bankruptcy in the United States.
But despite its delicate financial situation and having ten subsidiaries throughout the continent, the only one where it decided to close all its operations was in Argentina.
Over the past year, LATAM Argentina compensated almost 90% of its 1,700 employees, including all of its pilots grouped in UPAL.
Only 193 did not accept the withdrawal and today they demand that the Argentine State take charge of their situation, since the company closed its offices and returned the last planes it had in the country with local registration in May.
The 10 subsidiaries that the airline has in other countries
were not closed
, although there
were layoffs and salary reductions
.
But during an interview with the
BDA
television program
, Tolosa Paz assured that the one in Argentina
had been one more
of the supposedly
numerous subsidiaries
closed by LATAM.
“Airlines left in Argentina and in other countries.
The Chilean airline LAN left Argentina, it left Peru, it left Ecuador, it left Colombia
.
The Frente de Todos does not govern there, "declared the candidate for Buenos Aires deputy for the Frente de Todos.
The reply came through a UPAL statement.
"The subsidiaries LATAM Chile, LATAM Cargo, LATAM Express, LATAM Peru, LATAM Colombia, LATAM Cargo Colombia, LATAM Ecuador, LATAM Brazil, LATAM Cargo Brazil and LATAM Paraguay are in the process of normalization," said the union.
"Unfortunately, the situation in Argentina was totally different
. While in other countries the governments worked together with the companies to preserve as much as possible the sources of work in an activity in total crisis here, in our country (...) they achieved the Latam's departure from Argentina, a purely ideological event, with the consequent loss of 1,715 qualified jobs, "the UPAL statement added.
Speaking to the specialized site
AeroMarket
, Fernán Aras remarked: "I am convinced that if they had allowed us to negotiate in the crisis, today
we could be flying and reincorporating the personnel
that had been laid off or suspended. The government and the unions with legal status chose the form more direct of getting rid of LATAM ".
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