Carlos Galvan
06/11/2021 5:29 PM
Clarín.com
Politics
Updated 06/11/2021 5:29 PM
In a race against inflation, but also as
a way to position itself in front of the other unions
in the face of the internal union, the Hugo Moyano Truckers union
demanded
this Friday a salary increase of
45% in cumulative sections
.
But when dealing with cumulative fees, the total percentage of the increase is
higher
.
If the increase was in three cumulative 15% installments, the
total increase is 52.08%.
The union demanded that the employers vaccinate the union's workers.
Photo Emmanuel Fernández-
The claim was made this Friday at an
official meeting
between the employers and the Truckers union, at the start of the joint bargaining in the sector.
During the meeting - it was virtual - Pablo Moyano, Hugo's eldest son and
number two in the
union's
hierarchy
, led the way: he asked for
"45% cumulative
.
"
The meeting was attended by the director of Labor Relations and Regulations of the labor portfolio,
Gabriela Marcello
, and representatives of the chambers that group the freight transport and logistics companies,
CATAC,
FADEEAP
and
FAETYL
.
On the Truckers side, besides
Pablo Moyano
, the leaders
Pedro Mariani
,
Marcelo Aparicio
and
Omar Pérez were present
.
One of the union lawyers who participated was
Hugo Moyano
, also the son of the trucker boss.
But the first point of the claim that
Pablo Moyano
made
to the businessmen was that 200,000 truckers be vaccinated against Covid-19.
He said that
about 200 workers
in his activity
have already
died from coronavirus
.
And that the applause is not enough.
On the employer's side, they qualify the request for the vaccines as
completely legitimate
.
"They are workers who remove pathological waste from hospitals or who enter and leave health centers carrying oxygen tubes,"
a company in the sector
told
Clarín
.
However, the employers have already responded on this point to Pablo Moyano that they
can do nothing
to ensure vaccines for their workers.
"The vaccines
are bought by the States
, not the companies," they asked him.
In a firm in the sector they later commented that there were attempts by some companies to acquire vaccines, but that it was
impossible
.
The official of the Ministry of Labor present was to
transfer
the request for vaccines to the Ministry of Health.
The chambers of freight transport companies will meet next Tuesday to
agree on
a counter offer.
"What they ask for is priceless," they
argued in a company.
In another they added: "In no way will it be accepted that the tranches are cumulative.
It is something that was never signed
."
Generally, Truckers agreements
are in three or four tranches.
.
Pauta official
The increase of 52.08% claimed by the Moyano
almost doubles
the inflation guideline of 29% projected for this year by the Minister of Economy Martín Guzmán in the 2021 Budget.
The Casa Rosada wanted that 29% to be the
guideline
for this year's parity.
The first unions to sign their salary agreements this year
respected
that guideline, such as La Bancaria.
But as the year progressed and it became clear that the Government was unable to cash in inflation, the unions were moving the parity ceiling.
In mid-April, the UOM signed by 35.2% and more unions followed.
Just next Wednesday 16 the INDEC will report
inflation for May
, but among private consultants they estimate that it will be between 3.5 and 4%, driven by the rise in food.
Between January and April, that is, in the
first four months
of the year, inflation was 17.6%.
Hugo Moyano
is one of the main allies of the Alberto Fernández administration.
Last week the official salary guideline had been
torpedoed
by the ruling party itself.
Pablo Moyano.
Photo Federico López Claro.
Cristina Kirchner
and Sergio Massa, as presidents of the Senate and Deputies, granted a 40% raise to the staff of Congress, which will
reach
the legislators'
allowances
.
A
central difference
between the request of the Moyano and the rise of the deputies and senators is that they did not have a salary increase last year.
