Workers Struggles: The Americas
Argentine bus drivers strike to demand payment of yearly bonus, higher wages Bus drivers in Argentina’s northern city of Corrientes began a strike June 30 to demand the full payment of their end-of-year bonus, or SAC (
Sueldo Anual Complementario
: Annual Complementary Wage) from 2020 and parity with the national wage for transportation workers. The stoppage went ahead despite the declaration by the Labor Subsecretariat that it was illegal.
The drivers, employed by the ERSA transportation corporation, opposed the division of the SAC into three parts, which the UTA transportation union had agreed to, and demanded full payment, as has been the practice for decades.
In preparation for a possible labor dispute, Col. Jeffrey T. Geraghty, commander of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex headquartered at Arnold Air Force Base, has directed the reconfiguration of gates and installation of barriers.
The Air Engineering Metal Trades Council (AEMTC) and the National Aerospace Solutions, LLC (NAS) are negotiating their collective bargaining agreement, which is set to expire at 11 p.m. today. If an agreement is not reached, NAS bargaining unit employees may strike and picket at the base entrance.
The AEMTC represents more than 600 employees from 11 trade unions, and NAS is the test, operations and sustainment contractor at Arnold AFB.
By 1st Lt. Christine Saunders, Air Force Test Center / Published May 24, 2021
Air Force Test Center hosted a virtual Enlisted Professional Development Summit May 17 – 19, 2021. Over 160 AFTC Airmen from Arnold, Eglin, and Edwards AFB tuned in to learn more about Test and its strategic importance to National defense. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)
Air Force Test Center hosted a virtual Enlisted Professional Development Summit May 17 – 19, 2021. Over 160 AFTC Airmen from Arnold, Eglin, and Edwards AFB tuned in to learn more about Test and its strategic importance to National defense. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys)
Air Force Test Center hosted a virtual Enlisted Professional Development Summit May 17 – 19, 2021. Over 160 AFTC Airmen from Arnold, Eglin, and Edwards AFB tuned in to learn more about Test and its strategic importance to National defense. (courtesy photo)
By Jill Pickett, AEDC/PA / Published May 03, 2021
Collaborative Small Diameter Bombs (CSDBs) are launched from the wing of an F-16 fighter from the Air Force Test Center’s 96th Test Wing at Eglin AFB. Four of the bombs were dropped during the second flight demonstration of the Air Force Golden Horde Vanguard on February 19th. (Courtesy photo)
Four Collaborative Small Diameter Bombs (CSDBs) hang from the wing of an F-16 fighter from the Air Force Test Center’s 96th Test Wing at Eglin AFB. Two of the bombs were dropped during the first flight demonstration of the Air Force Golden Horde Vanguard. (Courtesy photo)