He Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MTSS) reported that 70% of the tables reached an agreement on the Salary Council, within the framework of the negotiations that began months ago.
From the MTSS highlighted guidelines with which that percentage was reached after the recent agreement reached by rural workers and with the expectation of completing 100% at the beginning of next month.
The Minister of Labor, Pablo Mieres, He considered that the rhythm of closing rounds is “very fluid,” according to Subrayado. In this framework, that of rural workers was one of the last to be closed, with an adjustment for projected inflation and the refund in three installments of 0.7%, a percentage that it is estimated that the workers lost in the previous round.
The workers intended to include real adjustment, payment for the implement and a school kit. In that line, Marcelo Amaya, of the Union of Salaried Workers, Rural Workers and Related Workers, said that “it is unfair that workers have to provide work tools.”
At the same time, he firmly rejected the reduction of working hours in Uruguay and ruled that “the law is not touched,” arguing that the employers seek to exchange overtime for days of rest.
Although the objective is to finalize the closure of the missing sectors between the end of the month and the beginning of December, there is still a need for agreement in important groups, such as the one that brings together supermarket, store and port workers. On this point, Mieres He considered that the conflict “is little” and estimated that everything will be decided by mid-December.
The improvement of real wages
According to INE data, the real salary It increased by 4.8% year-on-year in September, if the downward inflation of that period is discounted with the improvement granted in the negotiations.
According to official statistics, the Average Nominal Wage Index (IMSN) increased 0.16% in September, which took that number to 7.75% accumulated during 2023 and 8.21% in the last 12 months.
Source: Ambito
