Under Caputo's pressure, supermarkets and wholesalers did not pay the wage increase set in the Trade parity.

It affects 120,000 workers from the supers who did not collect an increase of 1.9% agreed in the sectoral parity, which was not approved by the government.Majorists and other businesses also refused to pay salary improvement to their staff.The minister's pressure to contain the price rise grows.

The decision of the supermarket chains, supported by the minister Luis Caputo, affects about 120,000 workers by not applying an agreed salary increase. The union sent letters document demanding compliance with the signed agreement. The entry The supermarkets will not pay the April increase and estimate more than 100,000 affected was first published in #BorderJournalism.

Luis Caputo, in charge of the national economic portfolio of the Government of Javier Milei, for a few weeks now when the exchange rate quota was eliminated, quickly communicated with the large supermarket chains and wholesalers so that they would not accept the new price list that was already circulating the weekend before the disappearance of this restrictive measure on the US currency. In addition, he had told the motorists that they do not i…

The measure affects some 120,000 workers

The main supermarket chains and wholesalers decided not to pay their staff the salary increase corresponding to April, agreed with Federación Argentina de Empleados de Comercio y Servicios (Faecys), on the argument that the government did not approve the joint agreement. The measure, taken by the members of the Association of United Supermarkets (ASU) and endorsed by other entities of the commercial sector, affects some 120,000 workers who did n…

The measure was promoted by the National Government. Luis Caputo himself urged the supermarketers not to pay the wage increase signed with the Trade Federation. He left about 120,000 workers in the supermarket chains without increase of assets after a month in which inflation marked 3.7% and that of food 5.9%. The main supermarket chains decided not to pay their staff the salary increase corresponding to the month of April, agreed with the Feder…