The conflict between the Government and the Truckers union over the approval of the parity It begins to spread to other unions. After agreeing on a 25% increase for April with the business chambers, the general secretary of the Federation of Workers of the Oilseed Industrial Complex, Cotton Ginners and Related Workers of the Argentine Republic (FTCIODyARA), Daniel Yofrawarned that “It is not appropriate not to standardize salary agreements”.

“If there is freedom for everything, we need there to also be freedom of negotiation“Yofra said during an interview with radio Urban Play.

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The oil producers agreed on Tuesday to bring the initial basic salary at 1,240,202 pesos for the category of laborer, which will begin to be received from April 1. The increase in percentage terms represents a 25%which added to the 41% signed in January, includes an increase of 76.25% so far this year.

In addition, the payment of a one-time non-remunerative sum of $207,857.92 for category AE, $225,267.48 for category BF, $246,444.34 for the CG category and $269,765.62 for the DH category. The union reported that they agreed with the business chambers that in July of 2024 there will be a review of the agreement.

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“For many years we have been discussing the salary according to what article 14 bis of the Constitution and the Employment Contract Lawwhich says that the salary has to guarantee the nine needs established by law,” Yofra added.

“The salary we set is for all the people who work in the sector, from the sweeper to the one who operates machinery. It is for those who work in an agro-exporter or for those who are in a company that bottles edible oil. They all charge the same. We set the salary according to the needs of the workers,” said Yofra.

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In the sector they remember that the 25-day strike carried out in 2015 because He then Cristina Kirchner’s government refused to approve he salary increase agreed with the sector companies, something that was also repeated both the refusal to endorse the oil joint venture and the almost month-long strike in the management of Mauricio Macri.

Beyond Yofra’s warnings, the conflict over homologation does not affect on a large scale to its sector, since it is a agreement between private (workers and business chambers), and the vast majority of oil producers are under agreement.

As far as he could know TNthe only people affected would be the workers of companies that are out of agreement. In any case, in the event that any of these companies decide not to pay the increase in a timely manner, they must do so with retroactive interest once the joint venture is approved. The Ministry of Labor, in addition, has by law 30 days to make a decision: expired that period, the agreement is considered tacitly approved.