The Secretary of Transport, Franco Mogetta, described the strike on Friday as “unusual.” He also threatened the unions with a request to remove their legal status.
The Government does not ease the tension against the aeronautical unions. The Secretary of Transportation, Franco Mogettacriticized this Thursday the 24-hour strike at Aerolíneas Argentinas announced for next Friday and doubled down: “What bothers the union caste is that we are ending their privileges.”
After the announcement of the strike to demand salary increases, the Government insists on hitting the unions and He threatened to “ask for the removal of legal status”. Mogetta said that with the unions’ plan of struggle it is “unusual” because “They are going to bankrupt the airline (…) and then blame the government.”
Aeronautical unions claim that they have lost 75% of the purchasing power of their salaries since Javier Milei took office. Mogetta did not refer to the issue and, on the contrary, denounced labor rights, which he described as “privileges that cost the country a lot of money.” As examples, he said that “pilots do not work on their birthdays or have a taxi that picks them up from their home.”
The 24-hour strike at Aerolíneas Argentinas for next Friday
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.
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.
Source: Ambito
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