The national secretariat of the Banking Association (AB) announced a 24-hour strike during the month of February, without specifying the date. The union led by Sergio Palazzo reported the measure after meeting “in defense of the salary” and in rejection of the “provocative position of the business chambers”, within the framework of joint negotiations.
“At the meeting of the National Secretariat of the Banking Association held on the day of the date and making use of the faculties granted by the Plenary of Secretary Generals, it was resolved to carry out a 24-hour national strike during the month of February,” reported La Bank in a statement.
The union raised the need for “responses to all the proposals made during the three joint hearings that have been held so far within the Ministry of Labor of the Nation” and pointed out “among them, our salary update, close the parity of 2022 and the one corresponding to this year, in addition to urgently solving the issue of income tax “.
“We hope that the business chambers will reconsider and bring this Thursday to the new hearing called by the Ministry, a proposal that contemplates and satisfies all the needs of the Bank workers,” the union’s statement completed. In another statement released earlier, which bore the title “We want answers, we are fed up”, the Banking Association had warned of the possibility of adopting “forceful measures in defense of wages and our rights.”
“Given the provocative position of the business chambers, which still do not understand the needs of bank workers, the Plenary of General Secretaries of the Banking Association, empowered the National Secretariat to take the necessary measures in defense of wages and benefits. legitimate rights that correspond to us”, they pointed out, and announced the meeting called on the date “for the purpose of defining the scope and setting the date of the force measures that will inexorably take place, during the month of February”.
“We continue without having satisfactory answers from the business sector in the parity hearing held on the day of the date. The banking chambers continue without hearing the workers and workers, while time continues to pass and the purchasing power of our salary is seen affected day by day,” reported the AB. The union that represents bank workers He also referred to the Income Tax and reaffirmed that “for this union, salary is not profit.”
