The collective agreement in the metal sector in Argentina provides for a first 15% wage increase applied retroactively on April 1, 2010, a second 11.5% increase on July 1st and until March 31, 2011. All the employers’ organizations in the sector, including the Association of Metallurgic Industrials of the Argentine Republic (ADMIRA) and the household goods association (FEDEHOGAR), which were the last to sign, joined the collective agreement developed under the supervision of the Argentinean Labor Ministry. The intervention of the government, which imposed mandatory conciliation between the trade unions and metal businesses after failed negotiations, first drove the staff representatives to recommend work stoppages. The Metalworkers’ Union (Unión Obrera Metalúrgica, UOM), the sector’s key union, then managed to sign an agreement with the four minority employers’ associations in the sector, a pact which the ADMIRA and FEDEHOGAR joined a short while later. The UOM initially requested a 25% increase paid immediately or 29% divided in three.
i>Unión Obrera Metalúrgica, UOM), the sector’s key union, then managed to sign an agreement with the four minority employers’ associations in the sector, a pact which the ADMIRA and FEDEHOGAR joined a short while later. The UOM initially requested a 25% increase paid immediately or 29% divided in three.
Planet Labor, May 19, 2010, No. 100397 – www.planetlabor.com
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