Argentine political organizations, unions and workers mobilized on Thursday to demand a wage increase and labor improvements on the occasion of the meeting of the National Council of Employment, Productivity and the Minimum Living and Mobile Wage to establish the minimum wage of the unions, although they did not reach an agreement. teleSUR
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00:00 We stay in Argentina, where workers and social movements march to demand increases in accordance
00:06 with inflation.
00:07 This is in connection with the meeting of the negotiating table designated to establish
00:11 the minimum wage for workers without collective bargaining agreements, in addition to defining
00:17 the unemployment benefits.
00:19 Workers warned that the accumulated inflation in recent months, especially in foodstuffs,
00:24 has been weakening the income of workers in general, hitting hardest those who were already
00:29 in poverty.
00:30 They also demand adjustment of wages according to the accumulated inflation since December
00:35 of 2023, which according to the calculations of labor organization represents an increase
00:41 of about 85% of labor income.