Before the meeting with the Government, from the UIA they warn about the salary discussion: 'What does not make the joint women free is reality'

02/11/2021 12:05

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Updated 02/11/2021 12:09

After the Executive promised to the unions "joint homeless", from the Argentine Industrial Union (UIA) they warned this Thursday that the economic reality of Argentina is a cap on the wage discussion.

"The joint companies are technically free, what does not make them free is reality,"

said Daniel Funes de Rioja in dialogue with Futurock before the meeting between the government and businessmen.

And he detailed that the stagnation of the economy, the lack of generation of genuine employment and productivity should be variables to take into account to increase a salary.

However, he agreed that there must be an "improvement in the purchasing power" of workers.

"If people do not consume, obviously we are not doing well," he

added.

In addition, he expressed that it would be desirable

for "inflation to lose to all variables

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"

And he analyzed that although the pocket salaries of workers "are lower than in Brazil and Mexico," but that when adding indirect fiscal costs "it ends up being more expensive."

The businessman's words are produced in the run-up to Thursday's meeting with businessmen at Casa Rosada, where in addition to wages, the issue of prices will be another of the axes to be discussed.

The government promised the unions "joint homeless" during the meeting at the Bicentennial Museum.

"We businessmen think that there must be macroeconomic stability and controlled inflation

,

"

said Funes de Rioja in Todo Noticias, before entering the meeting with national officials.

And he gave as an example the survey carried out by the Coordinator of the Food Products Industries (COPAL), which determined that during 2020 "industrialized foods had frozen prices, an increase of 4 to 10% and inflation was 36".

In this way, he dissociated himself from the criticisms of the unions at the meeting on Wednesday at the Bicentennial Museum, which due to inflation targeted "price makers."

"We supplied the country throughout the year despite all the difficulties that existed," said the UIA leader.

And he declared: "We need certainty regarding costs.

We are not the cause, but the consequence

."

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