The National Union of Workers CAS of the National Superintendence of Migrations (SICASMIGRA) plans to start an indefinite strike in the coming days, in protest against their working conditions.
According to Yasser Boluarte, SICASMIGRA general secretary, around 450 employees would join the force measure, most of them work at the Jorge Chávez International Airport.
The main list of claims of the employees is their transfer to the 728 labor regime and the recognition of bonuses, since salaries cannot be increased. Among the bonuses requested are the productivity bonus, food bonus, mobility bonus and night bonuses, considering that workers carry out their work in all Migration offices throughout the country, even at night.
The union considers that the budget allocated to Migrations is spent on third parties, instead of being used to benefit its own permanent workers.
So far, talks and a sit-in have been held to try to reach an agreement with the entity. However, if a satisfactory solution is not reached in the next collective bargaining, which will take place tomorrow, Wednesday, July 12, they will start a strike.
“This would have a considerable impact on the control of the entry and exit of people, both at the airport (Jorge Chávez) and in the border areas, such as Desaguadero, Tumbes, Tacna, among others,” Boluarte told La República.
It should be noted that the workers are holding a sit-in today, starting at 1:00 pm, in front of the main Migration headquarters in Breña.
Economic impact
According to Patricia Díaz de la Puente, a spokeswoman for SICASMIGRA, the economic impact of this strike could be significant, since it is expected that at the Jorge Chávez International Airport, approximately 80% of CAS workers will comply with the measure.
This would have serious consequences for airport operations, since immigration controls would be affected.
In economic terms, the daily losses could be millions. For example, according to Díaz estimates, if a flight from an airline such as American Airlines transports 320 people, with an average ticket cost of US$600, the loss for a single flight would amount to US$192,000. Considering that around 54 international flights arrive daily at the airport, the estimated loss per day could exceed US$10.3 million.
Source: Larepublica
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