After meeting with ATEN on Wednesday and road workers on Thursday, Rolando Figueroa’s government will face a key day this Friday for the advancement of joint ventures in Neuquén, since it will receive the leaders of ATE and UPCNtwo of the unions with the greatest weight in the province.
The negotiations between the Executive and the union leaders take place in a context of strong pressure from the latter to maintain increases tied to the Consumer Price Index (CPI)a mechanism that has served to reduce the impact of inflation.
In fact, the general secretary of the teaching union, Marcelo Guagliardodeepened this claim and requested that the updates, instead of periodic, now be monthly due to the advance of the inflationary process.
He expressed it last Wednesday, at the end of the meeting he held with the Minister of Government of Neuquén, Jorge Tobares, and the Minister of Education, Soledad Martínez. In this case, the conversations will resume on Saturday, when the agreed intermission period ends and the officials finalize the proposal.
This Thursday It was the turn of the Road Workers. As its general secretary explained to Diario RÃ O NEGRO, Carlos Rosellithe government, before listening to the proposals, made a presentation on the economic situation of the province and the correlation with the complex national panorama.
From the union, said the referent, it was proposed “follow the salary guideline, if possible in shorter periods, through CPI”, since until now “There is nothing more representative than that” to face the increase in the cost of living.
After the interview, as happened with the teacherswas moved to an intermission room until Thursday of next week. In that period, Roselli explained, the officials committed to “create a guideline” that allows an agreement to be reached.
“We also leave clearly the dictatorial way in which, by decree, they began to deduct more from us for social work“added the union leader, in reference to the increase in contributions applied by Figueroa to cover the gap between ISSN expenses and income.
Joint negotiations in Neuquén: ATE and UPCN, this Friday’s agenda
As announced last week, today, Friday, the Neuquén government will meet at 10 a.m. with the Association of State Workers (ATE), whose leader in the province, Carlos Quintriqueo, He has already made it clear that he will insist on CPI increases.
In the afternoon, from 6 p.m., the representatives of the Union of Civil Personnel of the Nation (UPCN) will arrive at the Laffitte Room of the Government House, where the presence of Tobares, the governor’s choice for lead negotiations with state unions.