Although inflation in December reached 25.5% and for the months of January and February it is expected not to drop below 20%, the Government granted the National Public Administration only an increase of 16%.
State joint ventures: how much is the salary increase?
Ignacio Petunchi
The Minister of Economy, Luis Caputoannounced through X an increase for state employees that will be applied to January salaries, in the middle of the general strike of the CGT.
State joint ventures: how much will they charge in February?
Therefore, The increase, which will be 16%, will only be collected in the month of February, since salaries are paid monthly in arrears. In this way, the joint agreement of the employees of the national state contrasts with the 25.5% inflation which was recorded in December after the devaluation and with the projected index for the first month of the year in twenty%.
The head of the Treasury Palace clarified that this increase “will not apply to ministers, secretaries or undersecretaries”these “will receive any increase, which will result in a 20% drop in your real salary“.
“Nor will the President collect it (Javier Milei) nor the Vice President (Victoria Villarruel),” concluded Caputo’s message.
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Aguiar: “If they continue to attack the state, the levels of conflict will increase“.
Despite the salary adjustment received, the State Workers Association (ATE) joined the strike this Wednesdayconvened by the General Workers’ Center (CGT) against the mega DNU 70/23 and the Omnibus Law.
“From ATE we agree to a 16% increase in the National Public Administration for the salaries of the month of January. Although the understanding allows us to recover the salary loss of December and remain above the accumulated annual inflation, it is not enough to modify our decision to go on strike,” indicated last week the general secretary of ATE, Rodolfo Aguiarthrough your X account.
Along the same lines, the union representative warned that “If they continue to attack and attack the state in this way, the levels of conflict will increase.“.
Furthermore, the Government confirmed in recent days that they would deduct the day for workers who adhere to the general strike of the CGT. Despite this, according to ATEthere was 95% state compliance with the measure of force.
Source: Ambito
