After yesterday’s new meeting between the ATEN teaching union and the government of Rolando Figueroa, where a third salary offer was madethis Thursday the assemblies began throughout the province, to define whether it will be accepted or rejected. The one carried out by the Neuquén capital board ended at 7:30 p.m. with a resounding rejection and the proposal of a 72-hour strike as took place this week.
Angelica Lagunas, general secretariat ATEN Capital was the one that loudly confirmed during the assembly that the Executive’s offer was disapproved by 1,695 votes for rejection, against 280 for acceptance, and 11 abstentions. In addition, a measure of force with a three-day strike was proposed. days.
This Friday at 10 in the morning the plenary session of general secretaries will be held where the final destination of the offer will be defined, considering all negative and positive votes. The meeting will take place in Cutral Co.
Until now, the majority of the assemblies decided to reject the Government’s proposal, despite the fact that the provincial leadership, led by Marcelo Guagliardo, was in favor of the agreement. The refusal had been imposed this Thursday in Neuquén capital, Plottier, Centenario, San Martín de los Andes and El Chocónamong other locations.
Lagoons had anticipated RÍO NEGRO Diary that there was no real salary recovery in the last offer, that the monthly CPI is not available, that the items will continue to be “misery”, and that issues related to the infrastructure of the schools remain unresolved.
“We are proposing that it is a reduction proposal” he said and what “the theft of the month of January” is legalized. “It is to deliver 25%, which they want to resolve with two bonuses.” The latter is in reference to the fact that inflation for the month of January is not contemplated to be incorporated into the basic salary.
Lagunas criticized that black bonuses were increased and that “6% of what was stolen from us from the ISSN remains unresolved.” Furthermore, he stated that in the minutes “Nothing is said that unemployment days will not be discounted.”
Angélica Laguas and the management of ATEN Capital. Photo: Matías Subat
Guagliardo said ATEN made “significant progress”
After leaving the salary table this Wednesday, the general secretary Marcelo Guagliardo pointed out that it was obtained with respect to the previous meeting “significant advances”, that the CPI was maintained, and recover “10% between these internal components of the salary.”
“There is a complex of sums that I think we have to discuss in this context, “There are 225,000 pesos to be collected in less than 40 days, which is very good for our colleagues,” he added.
The negotiation table occurred after the so-called “march of the overalls”which traveled eight kilometers in Neuquén capital.
Table with ATEN: what was the proposal of the Figueroa government
The provincial Executive represented by the Minister of Government, Jorge Tobares and the Minister of Education, Soledad Martínez, presented the new salary proposal yesterday.
Tobares stated that he has the same scheme that was formulated for the other unions regarding the salary update by CPI, quarterly.
«A comprehensive proposal that includes not only the issue of the salary guideline, but also covers other issues related to the operation of the Provincial Council of Education (CPE), infrastructure, items regarding refreshmentsan additional one per zone that had yet to be completed for some schools, and we have also made a comprehensive approach to other aspects that had not been corrected for a long time to date,” said Tobares.
He explained that other situations were also included such as update of items for dining rooms and snacks.
ATEN Capital confirmed the rejection by 1,695 votes against. Photo: Matías Subat