Strike of buses in the interior of the country this Thursday

The Automotive Tram Union (UTA) announced a bus strike for next Thursday, February 8. This was confirmed by César González, secretary general of the organization, through a press conference, where he confirmed that it will apply to the interior of the country and will not affect the AMBA.” We inform workers, national and provincial authorities,
users, and the general public, that we have witnessed a new
Failure of the fifth round of joint negotiations for the represented staff
of the Interior of the country, held before the Ministry of Labor of the Nation,” they told the press. The employers’ federation has not made any wage offer, stating that
that the National State has suppressed all contributions to transport in the interior, denying us the salary increase, despite the fact that the salary review should have taken place on December 15 of last year,” they added. In view of this, since the salaries for our
comrades from the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area, under the premise of ‘Equal
pay for equal work’ has been resolved to take action measures
Initially, a 24-hour strike throughout the interior of the country was held for the day
Thursday 08 of the current,” they continued. The measure of force is pushed by those who are charged with the responsibility and
the obligation to solve the Structural Crisis of Federal Transportation, and intend to
condemn the workers of the interior to the loss of purchasing power of their workers.
wages, forcing us to fight and hurting the more than 9 million passengers
that we transport daily in the interior of the country. They themselves are the
guilty for the measure of force arranged, in the absence of the wage agreement,” they concluded.

Original source in Spanish