Workers from the State Workers' Association (ATE) in the National Civil Aviation Administration (ANAC) will hold a meeting this Monday, February 2, at 11:00 AM in Terminal C of Ministro Pistarini International Airport. This was reported to the Noticias Argentinas agency by a union source.
During the assembly, the aerocommercial situation and the scope of the upcoming labor action will be detailed. ATE had scheduled measures for this Monday that could have complicated flight operations at airports across the country, but it has now been rescheduled for a later date, possibly February 9.
The workers' decision does not respond to a resolution of the underlying conflict but to the strict need to comply with the Law of Essentiality, which requires that any action must be announced with at least five days' notice. This regulation establishes specific protocols for public services, one of which is mandatory prior notice, requiring the action to be communicated with a minimum of five natural days' notice.
For public services and in cases of direct impact on essential services, this period can be extended up to ten days. Under this legal rigor, union representatives have projected Monday, February 9, as the probable date for the implementation of a 24-hour total work stoppage.
However, the union has declared a state of Permanent Assembly and Immediate Impact, so despite the postponement of the general strike, airport operations may not be entirely normal due to the holding of permanent assemblies at various terminals across the country, which could cause partial interruptions and flight schedule delays.
This modality affects critical areas such as Ground Control and administrative services, the action of the Fire Department and airport health services, as well as the Operational Runway Inspection.
The focus of the dispute lies in the breach of previously established agreements between the worker sector and state bodies. According to union leaders, there has been a reversal in the settlement of salaries that already included a negotiated increase.
The central points of the controversy are: • Breach of salaries: Failure to deposit salaries on the stipulated date (January 31). • Elimination of increases: The removal of an increase in the additional "rationing" bonus that was already in the SARHA payroll system. • Interguild conflict: The official decision to suspend the increases would have arisen after complaints from other sectors that were not initially included in the benefit.
The situation remains in flux, and the operability of the coming days will depend on the formal notifications the union presents to the competent labor authority.
