After declaring itself on alert due to the stoppage of public works and layoffs, the UOCRA sealed a new salary increase with the business chambers.
The Construction Workers Union of the Argentine Republic (UOCRA) closed a joint agreement with an increase of 14% for March, which will be collected in April, with the Argentine Chamber of Construction (CAMARCO) and the Argentine Federation of Construction Entities (FAEC).
With this new update, the guild led by Gerardo Martinez accumulate a 34% salary increase so far this year, against a inflation of 36.6% in the first two months of the year.
It should be noted that the sector is one of the hardest hit by the stoppage of public works and the fall in economic activity. Even, From the UOCRA they warned that since December 31, 2023, more than 80,000 jobs have been lost in the sector and, in this scenario, the union declared itself in a “state of alert, permanent assembly in all works, public and private.”
In January, the synthetic indicator of the construction activity (ISAC) had a drop of 21.7% year-on-year in January and 10.2% compared to December, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC).
Specialized officer
- Basic hourly wage: $2,573
- Basic salary with additional for zone B: $2,855
- Basic salary with additional for zone C: $3,949
- Basic salary with additional for Southern zone:$5,145
Official
- Basic hourly wage: $2,192
- Basic salary with additional for zone B: $2,435
- Basic salary with additional for zone C: $3,689
- Basic salary with additional for Southern zone:$4,384
Official media
- Basic hourly wage: $2,021
- Basic salary with additional for zone B: $2,240
- Basic salary with additional for zone C: $3,551
- Basic salary with additional for Southern zone: $4,042
Assistant
- Basic hourly wage: $1,855
- Basic salary with additional for zone B: $2,069
- Basic salary with additional for zone C: $3,439
- Basic salary with additional for Southern zone: $3,711
Serene
- Basic monthly salary: $336,660
- Basic salary with additional for zone B: $375,069
- Basic salary with additional for zone C: $562,849
- Basic salary with additional for Southern zone: $673,352
In the joint agreement, the UOCRA He stated that for the next increases there will be “attention to the particular situation that the Argentine economy is going through” that “require constant monitoring of economic variables with the commitment to maintain fluid and permanent dialogue”
Furthermore, as expanded in section 2, the parties undertake to maintain “constant monitoring of economic variables” (…) in order to define next adjustments based on the evolution of macro conditions.
The UOCRA thus became the first major union to go to a monthly joint scheme.
Source: Ambito
