Overview
- Drivers from at least eight to fifteen bus lines held assemblies and stoppages that interrupted morning services across the Buenos Aires metropolitan area and created congestion at Avellaneda, Panamericana km 42, Ciudadela and the Rivadavia–General Paz crossing.
- Negotiations remain deadlocked after an October–November round at the Secretariat of Labor where employers offered a 1.2% monthly cumulative update and the Unión Tranviarios Automotor rejected it as insufficient.
- The union is demanding a reformed wage floor of 3,500,000 pesos, monthly per‑diems added to salary, employer payment of psychophysical exam and license renewal costs, and salary and pension parity for technical staff and inspectors.
- Employers say any raise must fit the sector’s cost structure and available subsidies for the October 2026–January 2027 period, and the last registered basic pay under the July–September 2026 agreement ranged around 1.7 million pesos for drivers.
- Security forces were deployed at protest hotspots and the union’s call for government intervention and internal rank‑and‑file pressure on UTA leadership raise the risk of renewed or broader stoppages if talks do not produce a stronger offer.