UPCN Catamarca salary increase demand for public employees, Digi Mart USA News (Catamarca, Argentina): The Unión del Personal Civil de la Nación (UPCN), Catamarca branch, has demanded a new salary improvement for workers in the provincial public administration and warned about the deterioration of their economic situation.
Secretary General Claudia Espeche said public employees are facing an increasingly difficult scenario marked by debt, rising service costs and constant food price increases. In a video shared on the union’s social media, she said UPCN is seeking a meeting with the provincial government to discuss a salary update.
“The situation is very serious. People keep going into debt, services keep rising, food prices keep climbing, and the situation is getting harder,” Espeche said.
She added that the union is working to secure a meeting with the provincial government.
A key UPCN demand concerns a fixed sum agreed with the provincial executive in an acta acuerdo, which was set to run until December. The union wants that amount to be permanently incorporated into workers’ salaries rather than paid as a separate item.
UPCN also seeks an additional economic boost, which could take the form of a bonus or a new fixed sum, to ease the impact of rising living costs. Espeche said the union prioritizes increases that are remunerative and become part of salaries, arguing this would also benefit retirees.
According to Espeche, the union has submitted its requests to the Ministry of Education and Labor and to Governor Raúl Jalil, and is awaiting an official response. The union hopes to hold a meeting next week and said it will report on the outcome.
