The photo between the Governor of Buenos Aires Province, Axel Kicillof and The heads of the state unions (public administration, justice, health and teachers) remained unclear and somewhat blurred. Despite paying the bonus, the President was unable to deliver good news to public administration employees. “Be grateful that we are respecting the payment plan, the province is bleeding,” a Buenos Aires government source told this medium.
He supplementary annual salary (SAC) Payment must be made by December 18th inclusive. For the second time in a row, Kicillof finished him off two days later. However, it was not this that caused the strained relationship between the president and the unions, but rather the possibility of paying them in six installments and the lack of a salary recomposition.
When was the last salary increase?
In addition, trade union organizations are demanding this Reopening of joint ventures “To restore income lost to inflation, particularly in areas such as transport and food,” unionists from various sectors have agreed.
Although they admit that, like 2024, this was a complicated year for the Province of Buenos Aires in economic terms, due to the decline in revenues and the lack of co-participation that affected Buenos Aires’ coffers, they stated that “we can ask something from the Province of Buenos Aires.” President Milei to send the funds, but at the same time we have to go forward with our demands to the provincial government because it is the mandate that comes from the bases.
They explained that “the last agreement was made in August for 5 percent in two tranches, i.e. lThe last salary increase took place in October“And they added: “November is over and December is already ending, the holidays are coming and Kicillof and his Labor Minister Walter Correa have warned that they will not rebuild state revenues and have decided on any kind of increase for January.”
Unrest and uncertainty in the trade union movement
There is now a climate of unrest and uncertainty among union members; this last situation due to the relationship between Kicillof and Milei and the lack of dialogue suggesting that nothing will change in political matters. What is even more dangerous is that the scenario is getting worse and the deterioration in salaries of public servants is intensifying.
Organizations such as the State Workers Association (ATE), the Buenos Aires Judicial Association (AJB) and the Buenos Aires Teaching Unity Front (FUDB) – AMET, FEB, SADOP, SUTEBA and UDOCBA – requested this urgent resumption of negotiations.
The only version that was in circulation Provincial Governing Party was that the call for parity would not be made until mid-January. Therefore, for residents of the state of Buenos Aires, there will be no improvement in their income in November, December and January, and even less in the payment of a year-end bonus. They assume that this conclave will contain a retroactive clause for the months in which there were no salary increases and that compensation could be provided within this framework.
Trade unions are calling for urgent calls for joint meetings
The front of Buenos Aires Teaching Unit (FUDB) He had already addressed his demand “to the provincial labor ministry and made an urgent appeal to the Technical Salary Commission to give continuity to teaching parity in 2025.” He added that the request was “due to the urgent need for all teachers in Buenos Aires to receive a salary increase before the end of the current year, with the clear aim of combating inflation and restoring the purchasing power of the sector.”
At your own request Kicillof They bring a dark gift from the provincial coffers, confirming that the provincial government’s priority will be to protect jobs, but that there will be no salary increases, citing a decline in sales of almost 20 percent and the impact of Milei’s adjustment policy on the provinces.
The Secretary General of ATE Buenos Aires, Claudio Arevalo, He pointed out that “the crisis in the province is reflected in the impossibility of granting a salary refund, while the head of the CICOP, Pablo Maciel, highlighted the importance of the will of the President of Buenos Aires to keep the joint venture open. We will have a month of January full of intense negotiations and hope that we can reach a new salary agreement,” he said.
The request for UPCN This is in line with pressure from other unions in Buenos Aires calling for the urgent reopening of joint ventures amid inflation and financial constraints. The Federation of State and Private Guilds of the Province of Buenos Aires (FEGEPPBA) is moving in the same direction.
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