{"id":9492,"date":"2023-02-03T11:44:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T10:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/?post_type=news&p=9492"},"modified":"2023-02-03T14:57:06","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T13:57:06","slug":"argentina-tv","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/argentina-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"UNI in solidarity with TV workers in Argentina demanding a decent wage"},"content":{"rendered":"

UNI Global Union is supporting a day of action by its Argentinian affiliate in the television industry SATSAID<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

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You can join the action by posting on social media with the\u00a0hashtag is #SATSAIDEnLucha.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

On February 3, the union is calling for employer associations C\u00e1mara Argentina de Productoras Independientes de Televisi\u00f3n (CAPIT) and Asociaci\u00f3n de Teleradiodifusoras Argentinas (ATA) to give workers a 24 per cent raise in the first quarter of 2023. Collective agreements with the employer groups cover workers in free-to-air TV stations and independent television production companies.<\/p>\r\n

With annual inflation running above 90%, workers seek to recuperate some of the purchasing power they’ve lost.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

\u201cWe have asked for a fair and reasonable wage increase that will allow these workers\u2019 to continue to support their families in the face of rising inflation,\u201d said Horacio Arreceycor,\u00a0SATSAID General Secretary<\/strong>. \u201cIt is outrageous and insulting that the employers are refusing to meet this call.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

Last month, the employers initially offered a 12 per cent pay rise, half of what the workers are demanding, and they later raised their offer to 17 per cent.<\/p>\r\n

After the union rejected this offer and walked off the job on 18 January, the Ministry of Labour intervened. After the employer groups rejected a compromise offer by the labour ministry, SATSAID members launched another strike on 27 January.<\/p>\r\n

The ministry has now ordered a mandatory arbitration process\u00a0that prohibits another strike\u00a0until 26 February.\u00a0SATSAID plans to walkout again if an agreement is not reached during the conciliation period.<\/p>\r\n

The union is supported by several other labour organizations in the country, the region and across the world.<\/p>\r\n

\u201cWe stand shoulder-to-shoulder with SATSAID as they fight for workers in television. We support you at the bargaining table and in the streets until you get the pay rise you deserve,\u201d said Marcio Monzane, Regional Secretary of UNI Americas<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

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You can join the action by posting on social media with the\u00a0hashtag is #SATSAIDEnLucha.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf7Todo el apoyo y solidaridad de @unimei<\/a> @uniamericas<\/a> a nuestrxs compa\u00f1erxs del @SATSAIDnacional<\/a> en su lucha por una recomposici\u00f3n salarial justa.#SatsaidEnLucha<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/C6Pg2zmNQV<\/a><\/p>— UNI Am\u00e9ricas (@uniamericas) February 2, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>