Overview
- The provincial government formally reopened the paritaria process and told unions it will bring a comprehensive salary proposal after sector meetings on July 27 and a general session on July 29.
- Public employees received a 10% increase in the first half of 2026 while official inflation reached 16.8% for the same period, leaving salaries roughly 6.8 to 7 percentage points behind consumer prices.
- Unions pressed for recomposition of that loss and for a methodological change so future raises are calculated from June 2026 pay levels instead of December 2025, a request voiced strongly by the teachers' union ADP.
- Officials said the province faces constrained fiscal space because of falling economic activity, lower consumption and reduced transfers from the national government, which will limit how large an offer it can make.
- The government pledged to protect public-sector jobs and keep public works running rather than use layoffs to balance accounts and the July 29 proposal will determine whether services or real wages bear the cost of the adjustment.