Horacio Arreceycor,\u00a0SATSAID General Secretary<\/strong>. \u201cIt is outrageous and insulting that the employers are refusing to meet this call.\u201d<\/p>\r\nLast 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\r\nYou can join the action by posting on social media with the\u00a0hashtag is #SATSAIDEnLucha.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n