Overview
- Tuesday’s hearing ended without an agreement, and the parties set a new meeting for Friday, January 30 at 11:00 at the Secretaría de Trabajo.
- The UTA warned it will launch industrial action immediately after Friday’s talks if there is no superior proposal, with a potential stoppage of up to 48 hours across AMBA lines.
- Employers repeated an offer near 1% and say they cannot improve it without updated subsidies or fares, citing delayed payments and claiming around 40% of firms are near bankruptcy.
- Transport officials announced a comprehensive audit of subsidies and signaled a shift to subsidize bus fares directly to passengers, as authorities also retain the option of imposing mandatory conciliation.
- New Transport Secretary Fernando Herrmann made his debut in the dispute, and services are expected to run normally until the Friday meeting.