Tuesday, August 14th 2012 - 08:12 UTC

Buenos Aires city underground service back running after ten day strike

Buenos Aires commuters will return to the underground trains on Tuesday following a temporary labour agreement which puts an end to a nerve racking ten-day strike that made the Argentine capital collapse at times

The subway system in Buenos Aires has several lines and was one of the first to be built at the beginning of last century

Buenos Aires city underground service

The agreement was reached between the workers union, the managers of the Metrovias underground concession and a top official from the City of Buenos Aires government.

The dissident group from the transport union under the name of Union association of underground workers, AGTSyP confirmed in a brief agreement that “our delegates, Roberto Pianelli and Nestor Segovia together with our solicitors and advisors finally reached an agreement with the company Metrovías”.

However Pianelli head of AGTSyP said that “we are suspending extreme measures”; based on negotiations held all along the day; “we have reached an agreement which is temporary” because there are still points to be addressed.

In the release the strikers also apologize for the ten day stoppage of the underground but also point out they were forced to such a situation since their contract expired last 28 February.

Pianelli added that the agreement is “temporary” since the salary increase is yet to be resolved and in spite of a 23% increase. AGTSyP is demanding a 28% increase.

It is estimated that everyday of the conflict a million commuters suffered the consequences of the prolonged labour dispute while traffic on the streets was bottlenecked for hours. An estimated 178.000 cars tried to have access to Buenos Aires during the conflict.
 

Published in: Politics, Argentina.
Tags: Argentina, Buenos Aires, Mauricio Macri, Metrovias, subway service strike.

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1 British_Kirchnerist (#) Aug 15th, 2012 - 06:13 pm Report abuse
The workers are giving Macri yet another chance to do the right thing it seems, I hope he isn't so hidebound by ideology as to not take it!
2 Zhivago (#) Aug 16th, 2012 - 02:36 am Report abuse
BK 1 You are the worst kind of person, The Argies and Malvanistas here are at least supporting their country no matter how misinformed they are. You however a traitor and even for countries that don't have the death penalty still impose it on their traitors. Somebody will seek you out soon enough, scum-bag!
3 KretinaK (#) Aug 16th, 2012 - 05:28 am Report abuse
This is how business is done in Argentina!.......Long live the crushing burocracy and bribery system!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dOqouGS0xQ
4 British_Kirchnerist (#) Aug 16th, 2012 - 11:22 am Report abuse
#2 Whats treasonous about my support for Argentine tube workers against the mayor of the Argentine capital?! I'd just as soon back British tube workers against Boris Johnson!
5 Zhivago (#) Aug 16th, 2012 - 12:33 pm Report abuse
4 BK A retarded answer from a retard. Only the stupidest have not figured out your misguided agenda yet so don't try and pull it on people who actually finished secondary school, you are so easy to see through even your troglodyte group of entrail eaters are questioning why they ever listened to you. I'd tell you to crawl under a rock but you would still be contaminating British soil. Here's a better idea, have someone give your cremated ashes to the next tristar crew and they can scatter you into the South Atlantic with the rest of your Belgrano crew. I'm sure they will dip their wings in honour of the crew of HMS Conqueror so you can imagine its for you. You are less than scum.
6 British_Kirchnerist (#) Aug 19th, 2012 - 03:42 pm Report abuse
#5 You do realise thats basically what an extreme Malvinista would say to a pro-British Argie, with exactly the same reasoning! You think I'm a traitor and worse than a Malvinista for not agreeing with my government, but I doubt you would say Simon is worse than PiratHunter when logically, you should!

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