Overview
- On Saturday, Sept. 19 the CTA de las y los Trabajadores and CTA Autónoma served a carta documento to Minister Sandra Petovello formally impugning Resolution 4/2026 and demanding the National Council on Minimum Wage be reconvened in person within 48 hours.
- Resolution 4/2026 was issued by the Secretaría de Trabajo after the Council failed to agree on Aug. 28 and set the full‑time monthly SMVM at $383,800 from September with staged increases through April 2027.
- The two CTAs argue the procedure used to fix the SMVM violated Ley 24.013, describe the resolution as “nula de nulidad absoluta e insanable,” and say the Council must stop working as a merely formal body.
- The unions point to official inflation of 33.3% through August 2026 versus a 16.96% rise in the minimum wage and say the gap leaves the SMVM below the Canasta Básica Total, eroding purchasing power and lowering the base for social benefits.
- If the government does not respond the CTAs plan administrative, judicial, and international complaints; the dispute highlights that the Consejo del Salario is the legal forum for setting the floor wage and that its outcome affects benefits, program payments, and millions of low‑paid workers.