This week, one of the main unions in the sector agreed a salary increase that raises the basic salary of its workers to more than $1,500,000. The oil workersAfter several days of protest, they reached an agreement with companies in the sector during a key hearing at the Ministry of Labor.
The new 26% increase is added to the 76.25% previously agreed in January and April of this year, which represents an accumulated increase of 122% for 2024. With this recomposition, the initial basic salary of the laborer will rise to $1,562,655.
The Federation of Workers in the Oil Industryheaded by Daniel Yofra, jointly with the San Lorenzo Oil Workers and Employees Union (SOEA) They reached an agreement with the employer representatives of the CIARA, CIAVEC and CARBIO chambers.
The agreement reached will allow for a 26% increase in wages, which, added to the 76.25% of agreements signed in January and April, includes a 122% increase for the period of 2024.
Oil workers signed agreement: salary will rise to $1,562,655
He basic salary of the pawn, that operates as The minimum living wage for the sector was raised to $1,562,655 for oil workers and employees of both collective agreements, with a 25 percent increase over the previously valid amount of $1,240,000.
The emissaries of the sector and the leaders of the Federation of Workers of the Oilseed Industrial Complex (FTCIODyARA) and the Union of Oil Workers and Employees (SOEA) defined some points to seal the link, although in general terms there was acceptance.
“After seven hours of negotiations an agreement was reached. In Both sides preferred sanitywhich made it possible to reach a mutually acceptable agreement for all. There will be no strike measures and the industry will be able to continue working“thanks to a shared effort,” said a spokesperson for CIARA, the chamber that brings together the large companies in the oil industry.
In this way, they explained that it would be updated in line with the increase in the basic basket of expenses for a worker and his family, which is what they have historically managed to achieve as a reference for salaries.
However, until Tuesday, CIARA, The government headed by Gustavo Idígoras only allowed an adjustment equivalent to the increase in the CPI in recent months, which left the basic salary at around 1.3 million pesos. The conflict kept the normal operation of the sector blocked, which led to problems for the transport sector.
In the month of December 2024 The parties will meet again to discuss the Annual agreement and they will argue again about the Minimum Living Wage.
Source: Ambito
