Overview
- The government closed the paritaria on Thursday with a cumulative 6.64% raise paid in three tranches (2.4% June, 2.2% July, 1.9% August) and a $50,000 remunerative bonus to be paid in August.
- UPCN accepted the offer while ATE rejected it and called the proposal insufficient, keeping the threat of further strikes and protests alive.
- The $50,000 payment is remunerative, which means it will count toward salary bases for social security and contributions rather than being a non‑pensionable, one‑off payment.
- ATE had entered talks demanding a far larger fixed sum (about $400,000), automatic inflation adjustments, reopening of agreements and rehiring of dismissed workers, positions the union says reflect roughly 40%‑plus real wage losses under the Milei administration.
- Article 3 of Decree 931/2025 applies any homologated increases to ministers and senior officials, so the new pact raises those retributions as unions and analysts warn that high inflation and unresolved structural demands could prompt a fresh round of conflict.