The agreement reached between the UOM and the business chambers guarantees a gradual and retroactive salary increase for metal workers.
The Metallurgical Workers Union (UOM) reached an agreement with the business chambers of the metalworking sector this Monday, closing the joint agreement for metalworkers with a salary increase of 12.3%, which will extend until March 2025. This agreement was reached after intense weeks of negotiation, led by Abel Furlán, the general secretary of the union.
The salary increase will be implemented staggered, retroactive and cumulativebeginning November 1 and continuing through the end of March. The structure of the increases is distributed as follows:
- 5.5% in November, calculated on the basic salaries in force as of October 31.
- 2% in December, on November salaries.
- 1.8% in January, on December salaries.
- 1.5% in February, on January salaries.
- 1% in March, on February salaries.
How the joint negotiation continues
The agreement was formalized with the main business chambers of the metalworking sector, which include ADIMRA, AFARTE, AFAC, FEDEHOGAR, CAMIMA and CAIAMA, within the framework of the so-called branch 17. In addition to salary increases, the agreement includes a review clause which will be activated on March 15, with the objective of evaluating inflation rates and determining the need to apply new salary increases if considered necessary.
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The minutes of the agreement have already been presented to the Ministry of Labor and are awaiting official approval. It should be noted that, in the previous agreement of August last year, the UOM had closed a four-monthly agreement of 14%, with retroactive increases. In that agreement, the increases were distributed as follows: 4% in July, 4% in August, 3% in September and 3% in October.
How are the salary scales in January?
The last joint agreement had been signed in August 2024. This understanding included a staggered increase – retroactively – of 14%. This is how the salary increase brackets were divided:
- 4% increase in July 2024
- 4% increase in August 2024
- 3% increase in September 2024
- 3% increase in October 2024
After the cessation of the previous scheme, workers’ salaries remained frozen:
Source: Ambito
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