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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.
This story has been updated to include a statement issued from NAS.
At 1 p.m. today, members of the Air Engineering Metal Trades Council (AEMTC) officially went on strike at Arnold Air Force Base.
Negotiations between NAS, Chugach and AEMTC did not yield a new collective bargaining agreement before the previous agreement between NAS and AEMTC members expired at 11 p.m. Wednesday, June 30. AEMTC members did not immediately go on strike, however. They chose Friday afternoon to make their move.
A small group of picketers gathered outside Gate 2 of Arnold Air Force Base, which was pre-designated by AEDC Commander Col. Jeffrey Geraghty as the official protest spot earlier this week.
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.
The Air Force Materiel Command released $5 million in funding for projects across the mission as it continues to drive towards the goals of the AFMC We Need.,