Javier’s government will regulate public and private commercial aeronautical services as an essential activity to guarantee “a minimum of services to the population,” after Friday’s strike that affected 15,000 passengers and 185 flights, according to official sources reported Saturday.
“It was defined to regulate the essential nature of civil, public and private aeronautical activity throughout the national territory”announced the Ministry of Human Capital in a statement shared by its owner, Sandra Pettovello, on social media.
The regulatory decree, which is probably published in the early hours of next Monday In the Official Journal, it will establish measures to guarantee “a minimum level of services in the event of labor disputes that may totally or partially interrupt activities.”
THE aeronautics workers strike hampered operations on Friday at Ministerio Pistarini International Airport in Ezeiza, Buenos Aires province, the country’s main airport, and at Jorge Newbery Airport in the Argentine capital.
According to the sector’s unions, the strike broke out “given the obvious lack of will” by Aerolíneas Argentinas, a state-owned commercial airline, to promote a wage restructuring that “adapts to inflationary indicators.”
“Human capital “We seek to care for and defend the thousands of Argentines who are affected whenever strong measures are defined in this sector.”stressed Labor Secretary Julio Cordero, who is under the orbit of Pettovello’s portfolio, in the official note.
The decision by Javier Milei’s management came after the unions had proceeded Gatherings at airports between August 19 and 30preventing the normal operation of Aerolíneas Argentinas and other airlines with dozens of flights canceled or rescheduled, demanding wage improvements.
According to the ministry, companies must accept minimum services to be maintained at all times and in case of non-compliance, they will obtain “sanctions in accordance with current legislation”.
