"Workers are the only guarantee of credibility": INDEC workers will hold a "traffic light demonstration" to demand the reopening of collective bargaining agreements.

Workers at the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC) organized a " semaforazo " (traffic light protest) on Wednesday the 14th, demanding the reopening of free collective bargaining negotiations due to the loss of purchasing power over the last year and a half. Uniting the Internal Board of the State Workers Association (ATE), the agency's workers will march under the slogan "There is no room for further wage losses."

The strike will take place while INDEC publishes its monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, which details price fluctuations in basic goods and various services. The "traffic light" will take place starting at 4 p.m. at the corner of Perú and Avenida de Mayo, in the City of Buenos Aires .

"The delays in the national government's methodological update of the CPI have led to questions from some sectors, which cast doubt on the rigorous and professional work carried out by the Institute's members," INDEC workers denounced, adding: " The need for workers and retirees to restructure their positions is urgent and clashes with the anti-worker policies of adjustment, surrender of sovereignty, and reduction of the State requested by the International Monetary Fund (IMF)."

In this regard, they asserted that the agency's workers' salaries "would lose 31% of their purchasing power by the end of the year if they are not updated due to projected price fluctuations." "The demand for the reopening of free collective bargaining agreements is not an arrogant or capricious act," they maintained.

In the final section of the statement, INDEC workers called for an organization "independent of the current governments, with transparent management, job security, and decent wages." This demand comes in conjunction with the announcement of an updated methodology for measuring inflation announced by Javier Milei 's administration, but which has not yet been implemented despite being ready, according to official sources. "It is necessary to remind the authorities that workers are the only guarantee of credibility and that there should be no possibility of political speculation in updating the methodology or disseminating data generated by our organization ," they concluded.