The agreement that Sergio Massa sealed with a group of large unions to generalize an annual salary guideline of 60%, in two semi-annual agreements of 30% with a review guarantee, opened a
strong dispute
within the CGT, which divides opinions among the
majority sectors of the central
and also among the
unions aligned with Kirchnerism
, which for now maintains a
striking silence
about the plan of the Minister of Economy for the new round of parities.
Massa advanced this week in a series of understandings with important unions of the CGT so that the salary increases this year are located at 60%, in a bet aimed at anchoring expectations and thereby slowing down the rate of inflation.
The UTA bus union will be the first to advance with the definition of its parity under that umbrella, a scheme that will later be replicated - according to official and union sources - the banking, textile, Smata, Commerce, Health, Uocra and the unions. UPCN states.
However,
Gerardo Martínez, the head of the Uocra
- one of the unions mentioned as part of the agreement with the Minister of Economy - distanced himself this Friday from that strategy and warned of his rejection of any official attempt to impose a ceiling on salary increases. .
"The parities are free and sovereign in each sector. The CGT does not accept any ceiling or interference
from politics so that wages are the adjustment variant," the leader complained in statements to
Clarín
.
Martínez emphasized that parity workers are "victims of inflation levels", and after assuring that the unions negotiate salary increases "with total responsibility", he sent a message to the Government about the priority of working on price containment rather than on set a salary cap.
The head of the Uocra, Gerardo Martínez, questioned the 60% ceiling that the Government intends for parities.
"The inflationary race deteriorates the purchasing power of salaries. Inflation is the tax on poverty since wage earners and low-income sectors are the ones who suffer the most," questioned the leader of the so-called group of "independents" who, together with the "fat ones" (big service unions) and the Barrionuevismo, control the leadership of the workers union. Precisely
among the referents of that sector are the first adherents to the Massa plan
for parity.
Differences Between Guilds K
In turn, and while
the main swords of Kirchnerism have so far avoided ruling
on the commitment to set a ceiling of 60% for salary increases, which in official circles was interpreted as a
tacit endorsement
of the minister's move, the strategy generated differences between trade unionists of recognized affiliation K.
On the one hand, the leader of the Banking Association,
Sergio Palazzo,
the trade unionist with the closest ties to Vice President Cristina Fernández, confirmed that next week he will sit down to negotiate parity with the business chambers of the sector, although he avoided anticipating the salary scheme that will initial
"
All governments always propose the same thing
," the leader told
Clarín
, while the Executive is confident that the bank will validate the plan promoted by Massa.
Pablo Moyano is critical of Massa's plan to set a ceiling for parities.
A more critical opinion emerges from Moyanism.
Although
Pablo Moyano
made it clear to his collaborators his
open rejection of Massa's initiative
and insisted that the Government ensure the full freedom of the joint workers, the Truckers union
is not part of the group of unions that must negotiate an increase
since it has Your agreement in force until next October with the guarantee of a revision scheme included.
On the other hand, other referents of his space, who will discuss their parities imminently,
stood up against any claim to a salary cap.
"For there to be a parity ceiling, the Government has to guarantee that prices are not going to move. As CGT we have to go out and say that we do not agree," claimed the assistant secretary of
Smata
, Mario Manrique, a member of the Moyanista Front Union for the National Model (Fresimona).
Despite the divisions that Massa's plan opened in the main union sectors, the Minister of Labor,
Kelly Olmos, was confident that she would be
able to advance in the parities with the 60% increase scheme because, according to what she said, there is "
good will "of the trade unionists
.
"It is our task to achieve this agreement. Last year when the inflationary leap occurred, it was the Government itself that called to facilitate the reopening and review of the increases for short periods so that there was no loss of purchasing power. Now
we ask you to work all together for a reduction in the nominal value
(of wages) because we believe that it is feasible to reduce inflation," the official claimed.
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