The measure taken by the aeronautical unions was decided in a joint meeting with all the unions in the sector. They blamed the Government for pushing them into unemployment. They claim that they have lost 75% of their purchasing power since Javier Milei took office.
Despite government threats, aeronautical unions are intensifying their struggle. The Pilots and Flight Attendants unions voted for a 24-hour strike at Aerolíneas Argentinas starting Friday at 12 noon. They demand salary increases.
“We have a 75% wage arrears and workers below the poverty line“, they explained to Scope sources from the Aeronautical Union. The strike was voted on Wednesday at a joint meeting of the aeronautical unions.
At the assembly of aeronautical unions this Wednesday, the head of the Pilots Union, Pablo Biropointed out by the Government as “destabilising”. During his speech he said that “There is no other intention that restores purchasing power (…) If they want to prove that this is not political, they should give us a pay rise that will allow us to bring some peace to our families and this will be over.”
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For its part, the Argentine Association of Flight Attendants (AAA) spread a release announcing the strike next Friday. “The brutal escalation to which both the national authorities As businessmen, they have pushed us with their irrationality and intransigence, has not left open any other alternative to defend, not only our wages, but more importantly, our future.“, they explained.
The reference to the “future” made by AAA is in reference to the manifest intention to privatize the public companies Aerolíneas Argentinas and IntercargoThe aeronautical union described these intentions as “devastating” and described the conflict as “a bidding war for the future” of both state-owned companies.
The essentiality of commercial aeronautical service dictated by the Government
On September 7th, Ministry of Human Capital decided to regulate the essentiality dand the aeronautical, civil, public and private commercial aviation throughout the national territory to ensure its continued operation.
“At Capital Humano we seek to care for and defend the thousands of Argentines who are affected every time forceful measures are defined in this sector,” explained the Secretary of Labor, Julio Corderoin this regard.
Source: Ambito
