The bus strike was lifted on Thursday, 31 October

Automotive Tram Union (UTA), the union that brings together employees of the main bus lines, The strike, scheduled for this Thursday, October 31, was called off after an “agreement in principle” was reached With trade bodies for wage restructuring. The solution was confirmed Nation by union sources, who said the activities had been suspended.

The announcement came after prolonged negotiations at the Transport Ministry, which included the absence of the head of the ministry due to travel. Julio Cordero, and sector representatives, who this afternoon led a meeting with the union and the main trade chambers in an attempt to reverse the threat of a mass strike announced earlier by the union. Roberto Fernandez For this Thursday.

Since Monday, when the amount of force initially planned for this Thursday became known, the government had shown a willingness to negotiate with the UTA, unlike what happened with the rest of the unions, who organized strikes of trains, planes, boats and trucks. Was. Powered by CGT’s toughest sector pablo moyano Till the head.

decision of UTA to push forward This measure of force arose for him salary claim Which has been going on for months. As the union detailed in a statement, its aim is “to achievea fair reconstruction“But haven’t seen them in months.”no salary offer,

In recent weeks, union representatives came joint talks with the area’s trade chambers, but these failed. Furthermore, this Monday a compulsory settlement which the government established in late September, which prevented groups from being able to strike out,

“The national state aims to increase allocations for companies Salary hike for August, September and in October $17,877,000,000 And “Employees do not receive this in their pay,” the document indicates. And he adds: “For this reason, the State must demand that companies guarantee the safety of workers (Article 14 bis of the National Constitution) and ensure functioning of the system as is directly responsible for passenger transportation,

In that sense, the bus drivers union had taken a decision arrest This Thursday, October 31, that ultimately won’t happen due to an agreement in principle. “We hope that both companies and the Buenos Aires authorities will take responsibility before society and commit to reaching an agreement on wages while avoiding a measure that would cause so much harm to workers and transport users,” the statement concluded. “