Trade employees agreed to a 20% increase in three payments

The trade union trade union has reopened its parity and yesterday signed a salary increase of 20%, which will be paid in three installments between January and March next year, and will be added to the 25% already agreed this year .

"The salary adjustment is based on the salary for March 2018 and will be staggered with an increase of 7% over January, 7% in February and 6% in March – not cumulative – to reach a total of 20%. % ", said the guild led by Armando Cavalieri.

With regard to the $ 5,000 bonus agreed by the CGT with businessmen and the government, its negotiations in the commercial sector will be subject to "differential treatment for SMEs, depending on their financial situation". we indicated.

In addition, the agreement signed provided, at the request of the Confederation of Argentine Medium Enterprises (CAME), a special clause allowing the province of Tierra del Fuego to evaluate the corresponding additional premises.

Trade parity is the largest in the private sector, with more than 1,200,000 employees.

The agreement was signed by the union with the Argentine Confederation of Medium Enterprises (CAME); the Argentine Federation of Trade and Services Personnel (Faecys) and the Argentine Chamber of Commerce and Services (CAC).

Last June, the union was the first to review the current contract and then negotiated with the chambers of commerce a 10% salary increase, which added to the 15% signed in March.

But now, this agreement was again obsolete with respect to recorded inflation and another negotiation was opened, even though the trade sector review clause was initially to be discussed in January of next year. (N / A)