Overview
- Talks between the Unión Obrera Metalúrgica and employer chambers restarted this week but ended without an agreement after the union rejected the first proposal as insufficient.
- Because no new paritaria was signed before the payroll close, workers will receive August 2026 pay calculated with the existing IMGR and basic scales set in the last revision.
- Negotiations are being carried out separately for Rama 17 (metalmecánica) and Rama 21 (siderúrgica), with the steel branch carrying a longer unresolved dispute that dates back to June 2024.
- Employers have not publicly disclosed firm numbers and the union has not revealed its demands, so the size, timing and whether any increases would be remunerative or paid retroactively remain undecided.
- The parties agreed to keep negotiating in the coming days under the oversight of labor authorities, leaving workers uncertain about near-term real wage recovery and the form any future compensation will take.