Bus strike on Tuesday, May 6: The UTA (Taxi Workers' Union) toughens its stance and says there will be "no agreement" to lift the strike.
The Union of Automotive Tram Drivers confirmed that there will be a bus strike this Tuesday, May 6, despite the meeting called for this afternoon by the Javier Milei government between the union and employers at the Labor Secretariat to try to resolve the conflict.
"The strike is confirmed for tomorrow. Don't hold out any hope because the government's policy is to maintain a 1% inflation rate as a standard, and now that the mandatory conciliation period has expired, we are authorized to strike," said union secretary Gabriel Gusso on Urbana Play.
The UTA asserts that despite the efforts of the National Board of Directors, there was no improvement in the businessman's offer.
"Employers have offered a salary increase of less than 6% for the months of February, March, April, May, and June, to be paid starting in June. This means they are offering non-remunerative sums of $40,000 on May 26; $50,000 on June 16; and $70,000 on July 15. This is disrespectful," they said in a statement.
Thus, a 24-hour nationwide bus strike was announced this Tuesday, starting at midnight, affecting short- and medium-distance passenger buses.
"We made an offer to the union that is in line with the numbers we see, considering that half of the bus lines in the AMBA have had their fares frozen for eight months," said Luciano Fusaro, president of the Argentine Association of Motor Transport Entrepreneurs (AAETA), today.
UTA Secretary General Roberto Fernández. File photo/DyN.
Meanwhile, the government is seeking to resolve the conflict and has called a video conference at 2:00 p.m. with the union and business leaders to try to resolve the conflict and avoid a bus strike.
Chief of Staff Guillermo Francos asked that the measure announced by the group led by Roberto Fernández be reviewed.
"I would tell the UTA leaders that we are undergoing a change in the Secretary of Transportation, that perhaps it would be a good time to suspend the strike for a few days and sit down to analyze the issue and see what alternatives we can find to solve the problem," he said Sunday on Radio Mitre.
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