02/23/2021 7:54 AM
Clarín.com
Society
Updated 02/23/2021 8:06 AM
The Truckers union began at 6 in the morning a strike for an indefinite period of time in the collection of waste in the City of Buenos Aires, demanding the payment of a bonus and in rejection of the supposed adjustment of the working days of the workers who, As they explained, it means a salary reduction of up to 20,000 pesos per month.
"We have been announcing the strike for a long time. This is due to the constant tension that the city government exerts on this service company, cutting salaries," said the union's assistant secretary, Pablo Moyano.
"Due to the reduction of the 1% from the Nation to the City, it has begun to adjust activities, they have been pressing for workers to stop working one day a week or not to work their wages and the bonus has not been paid for being essential workers" He added in statements to
El Uncover radio
.
Moyano also warned that the force measure is
indefinite
: "The strike will continue until the bonus is paid and until the City Government agrees not to adjust the workers, to take them away from the banks. , that he take them out to his friends but not to a worker who worked throughout the pandemic. Until the City comes down from its arrogance and speaks with the leaders and delegates, the strike will continue. "
As they argued from the union, "they are taking a day of collection so they cannot do overtime" and added that "there are 6 collection companies, there are about 8 thousand workers who are hired by the city government and the adjustment plan belongs to Larreta and Santilli ”.
The Truckers Union, "after repeated opportunities to notify of measures, makes this determination due to the failure to pay the bonus to essential workers, who in recent months exposed their health and that of their families, for maintaining the hygiene of the City of Buenos Aires, are punished with the reduction of working days, which means a loss of wages, "they explained in a statement.
Moyano challenged in a radio interview: “The strike will continue until the bonus is paid and until the City government commits itself not to adjust the workers, to take them away from the banks, to remove them from his friends but not to a worker who worked throughout the pandemic.
"
Until the City comes down from its arrogance
and talks to the leaders and delegates,
the strike will continue,
" Moyano concluded.
