The Government will once again define the Minimum, Vital and Mobile Wage by decree, which today stands at around $322,000 and barely exceeds half of an indigence basket. Bad news for pensions, allowances, and the Universal Child Allowance (AUH). By Canal Abierto. The Salary Council met again on Tuesday morning to update the Minimum, Vital and Mobile Wage (SMVM), currently set at $322,000. As in all convocations of the last two years, the table made up of union centrals, business chambers, and the Government concluded without an agreement. The CTA Autónoma proposed that it reach $736,000. In real terms, the proposal implies a mere $27,000 increase in six months, well below any inflation index and far from the current value of the basic basket. The Government, with a business stamp After a recess and with none of the parties modifying their position, the Government called a plenary session and announced that, due to the lack of an agreement, it will set the new minimum wage by decree. CTA de los Trabajadores agreed. CTA Autónoma $736,000 (progression of the request from the 3 centrals in April). Business $326,000 now and $349,000 in April 2026. Today the SMVM is $322,000. The proposals were confrontational. The CGT opened the round by proposing a hike to $512,000 for November, with gradual increases to reach $553,000 by April 2026. The CTA Autónoma, for its part, recalled that in April the three centrals had agreed that the minimum wage should be set at $644,000, a figure that with progressive updates was projected to reach $736,000 in November. On the other side of the table, business representatives arrived with an offer considered derisory by the union organizations: $326,000 for November, $331,000 for December, $340,000 for February, $345,000 for March, and $349,000 for April. And, as is also customary in Javier Milei's management, it will be the Executive who will arbitrate in the coming days with a decree-based increase that is taken for granted will be copied from the employer's position. The final photo of the meeting again shows what has become a constant: a Government that cedes the definition of the minimum wage to the employers, ignores union demands, and deepens the deterioration of the incomes of millions of workers, formal and informal. The three union centrals reiterated the request that meetings return to in-person —as established by the regulations—, a claim that the two CTAs have already channeled through the courts. "A shame that sinks the minimum wage" The General Secretary of the CTA Autónoma, Hugo 'Cachorro' Godoy, was forceful: "Once again, the Government, in agreement with the UIA, CAME, the Association of Argentine Entrepreneurs and the Rural Society, prevented a real improvement in the Minimum, Vital and Mobile Wage, enabling the Executive to decide by decree with the usual despotism of these two years". Godoy recalled that the central had proposed starting from the $736,000 agreed as a reference in April and establishing a progression of increases for the next three months, with a new convocation of the Council. "This shame that continues to sink the SMVM and, with it, the set of workers' incomes in Argentina was resolved", he affirmed. While the meeting was taking place, the CTA Autónoma and various social organizations mobilized in front of the Secretariat of Labor. During the two years of libertarian management, the Executive has always applied the same criterion: to set the salary floor in line with the business proposal. The methodology of the Council's functioning was also questioned.
