This week a meeting was held between officials of the Ministry of Labor and the conduits of the State Workers Association (ATE) and the Union of Civil Personnel of the Nation (UPCN) within the framework of the joint negotiations. This occurred after knowing the decision of the Executive Branch of not renewing 7,000 contracts of public administration workers.
In November, the state unions had agreed with the Government on a 10% increase for November and the 9% in December. However still There’s no deal regarding how the January salaries and of the first months of 2024.
State joint negotiations: negotiation or provocation?
Regarding the recent meeting held, from ATEthe deputy secretary general, Maria Mercedes CabezasI consider that the call was a provocation for being scheduled simultaneously with the mobilization to Courts called by the CGT and other social and political organizations.
“On behalf of our #ATE we They called for joint negotiations, without a proposalthe same day we called to mobilize and that is a provocation. Salaries are frozen and the approved budget will be the samewhile prices are through the roof“, he indicated heads on your X account (ex Twitter).
On the night before the meeting, the president Javier Milei He stated, in an interview, that “there will be no increase” for state workers.
State Union Front: rebirth of an old union experience
A twenty public administration unions announced that will regroup in March to constitute a dam containment of employment in the activity facing the possibility of cuts during the government of Freedom Advances. This was confirmed to this medium Andres Rodriguez, general secretary of UPCN and deputy of the CGT.
It would be a initiative similar to the one established during the Alliance governmentwhich he managed between 1999 and 2001. The initiative is carried out by the Union of Civil Personnel of the Nation (UPCN)the largest of the unions in the sector that will act as an umbrella for organizations that have at least part of their members as State employees.
With the conspicuous absence then and now of the State Workers Association (ATEthe other union with a presence throughout the public administration), the Front will once again convene the unions with all their personnel governed by state agreements, such as that of the AFIP (Aefip); Customs (Supara); civilians of the Armed forces (Pecifa); Vials; teachers of UDA, Fatun, Apuba, Fedun, Feduba and Aduba; workers of Anses and social security organizations (Apops and Secasfpi); legislative (APL); Dredging and beacon, and service abroad (Apsen), among others.
They also indicated that organizations with a sector of public workers such as Public shows (Sutep) or the Banking Association (by Central Bank staff).
Source: Ambito
