Super and other large companies refuse to pay the salary increase

According to TN.com.ar, major supermarket chains and household appliances could threaten to rebel against the agreement signed between the three chambers and the guild, which will result in a 20% increase in compensation paid since February. until April.

The complaint of companies is not minor: they are the two largest employers in the trade sector. From the heading electrical appliances pointed against the Argentine Chamber of Commerce: they claim to have acted "at the sword of the badociates". "Sales have dropped by 50%, we can not face in this context the joint increase that has been signed," said executive sources.

According to the latest report released by Indec this week on the household appliances sector, in September, sales declined (at current prices) by 1.8%, which means that by adding the effect of inflation, the actual drop exceeds 40%. In the third quarter of this year, after positive numbers for the first two, the business turnover also experienced a decline in real terms close to 35%.

The CAC, for its part, has mobilized to defend the signature of the complementary joint agreement. "The position of chambers of commerce before joint meetings is defined by consensus, the agreement meets 80% of the guidelines of the three business entities," Mario Grinman, secretary of the chamber, told the press.

Another sector that has highlighted its difficulties in paying parity in this context is that of supermarkets. Sources from the United Supermarket Association (ASU) claimed that they could not face it either: "Sales are in red".

This week, the statistical agency also released data on supermarket activity. Official information already reflects three consecutive months of declining billing. In September, the decline was the strongest of the year, at 7.9%.

From the Ministry of Labor, they said before the consultation that this means that the approval is under review and that "we do not receive complaints from certain sectors to restrict it". For their part, trade union sources replied that the signed agreement included a clause providing for the possibility of negotiating payment plans in the event that particular companies could not pay the increase as established.