The governor Axel Kicillof met with the representatives of the state unions, teachers, health personnel, judicial and other special regimes of the province of Buenos Aires to announce a further increase in wages starting in July. It is a rise to face the pressure of the inflation and increases in the cost of living.
The new agreement implies that the cumulative increase it will reach 70% and also includes a 15% increase in September.
The agreement offered to the unions that represent state workers included under the scope of Law 10,430 includes “a 100% increase in family allowances and the commitment to reopen negotiations in October”according to details released by the spokespersons of the Buenos Aires Executive
State parity: how much did they offer as a salary increase?
Unions representing state teachers were offered an increase in Four. Five%which will be received in two tranches in July and September, according to official sources.
During the meeting, in which the unions that are members of the Buenos Aires Teaching Unity Front (FUDB) participated, it was offered that the 30% increase is incorporated into July wages and the fifteen% remaining in September.
The offer also included the commitment to apply a monitoring and review clause in the month of September, reopening of the salary parity for the month of October and an increase in Family Allowances in the amounts of a 96.85%.
As indicated, the agreed increase in the provincial state parity must be added the increase in the national sums of Fonid and Connectivity, which are resolved in the national teachers’ association
The FUDB ratified the need to advance in a Collective Bargaining Agreement “that safeguards the labor rights of teachers, without loss of any right enshrined in the statute and current regulations”, and expressed “the need to modify the basis of Calculation of salary increase based on the last salary agreed in parities”
Increase for state of Buenos Aires
Last Tuesday, kicillof confirmed that there will be an increase in 45% for state employees. The agreement was finalized in the framework of a joint meeting between the provincial authorities and the representatives of the unions ATE, UPCN and Fegeppba. The teachers’ unions grouped in the Unity Front also participated, which make up Suteba, FEB, Sadop, AMET and Udocba.
In the meeting, held at the headquarters of the Buenos Aires Ministry of Labor in La Plata, it was agreed that the offer of the salary increase will be paid in two tranches.
The first instance will be in July, when it will be paid a rise of 30%. He remaining 15%for its part, will be reflected in the assets of the month of September. In this sense, in the cumulative total, it means a 70% increase.
According to the details released by the government of the Province, an increase in the 100% in the amounts of family allowances and the commitment to reopen the parities in October, to discuss adaptations and readjustments in case the inflation have sharp rises.
Therefore, the amount of ordinary and extraordinary family allowances will be increased to almost double it, in such a way that Tranche 1 allowance per child will go from $6,096 to $12,000they reported.
In this regard, the general secretary of ATE Buenos Aires, Oscar de Isasi, said last Tuesday after the meeting with the Buenos Aires Executive that “an agreement was reached above the inflationary projection, since for July the average increase will be around 70% accumulated, and the inflationary projection is estimated at 65%, with what which the objectives of recomposing the salary of the state employees are covered”, he pointed out.
Source: Ambito
