The union leader Pedro Wasiejko emphasized “the need to extend this benefit to other sectors that has a positive impact on the pocket of workers.”
The company Bridgestone confirmed this Tuesday to its workers that the bond of participation in the Profits this year will be higher than the amount initially indicated and that will be paid in the coming days, advancing the payment initially scheduled for May. In this context, Pedro Wasiejko reiterated the need to extend this benefit, which is guaranteed in the National Constitution, to other sectors, either by law or within the framework of collective bargaining.
In a statement to its workers, the tire company confirmed that will pay each of its workers 1,300,000 pesos as a profit-sharing bonus. In this way, the total amount is increased by almost 80 thousand pesos to that originally planned.
“For your benefit, the bonus is even higher than what we had estimated at the beginning of the month, amounting to more than 1,300,000 pesos (one million three hundred thousand pesos). It is a reward that positively impacts your pocket and will be a boost to improve your quality of life and that of your family,” the company stated.
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In this context, Wasiejko stressed that “It is more than clear that this distribution tool, which is also anti-inflationary and has a positive impact in the workers does not imply any type of loss in the companies. This is the seventh time that this bonus has been paid since the clause was incorporated. It is also clear that while in the management of Cambiemos at the national level there were no profits for the companies, since the government of Alberto Fernandez took office, despite the pandemic and the economic consequences generated by the war, this is the second time in two years that workers will have this benefit.
Wasiejko, who is currently Secretary General of the Federation of Energy, Industry, Services and Allied Workers (FeTIA-CTA), recalled that in 2001, when he was in charge of the Single Union of Tire Workers (SUTNA) as Secretary General that promoted the Violet List and the company proposed dismissals of personnel in the context of the crisis, in addition to negotiating the corresponding compensation, it stated that just as workers were made to pay the cost of the crisis, they also had to participate in the profits of the companies when the times were favorable. Later, in the 2006 negotiation with the sector, this clause was formalized in the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Source: Ambito
