The Government says that “wages are beating inflation”

Three weeks before the elections, the Chief of Staff, Juan Manzur, and the Minister of Labor, Claudio Moroni, affirmed that wages are beating inflation. They did so after a meeting in which they reviewed “the instruments to defend workers during the next two years, with the aim of taking care of employment and recovering purchasing power”

From his twitter account, Manzur raised “the positive impact of the minimum wage and parity updates, which in the last year are beating inflation. We agree that social dialogue is the best method to agree on salary increases ”.

In that sense, Moroni agreed that “The best method, and one that has proven to be effective” to determine the salary pattern is through joint negotiations So what “if necessary (if prices increase above income, as has been the case for more than 40 consecutive months) will be reopened “ to ensure the recovery of purchasing power.

“The salaries that were negotiated from December to here, they are beating inflation. That is the point we discussed with the Chief of Staff ”. said the head of the labor portfolio in statements released by Manzur’s office. Regarding the meeting at the Casa Rosada, Moroni said that meetings like those of today serve to think “the next two years” of management.

The Labor Minister emphasized that “in 2020, during the pandemic, in the worst year in Argentine economic history, formal wages only lost one point, against a 10-point drop in (GDP).

During this Monday, holder of Indec, Marco Lavagna, also met with Manzur. The official said that the meeting with the Chief of Staff was to “monitor the different indicators” that are developed in the statistical agency.

“It is good that the Chief of Staff is aware of how each one of them is doing. If you do not have information, if you do not have data, it is difficult to make decisions, make public policies that have better results, “added the official, according to the agency. Telam.