Workers at the Garrahan Children’s Hospital have received a 61-percent rise in base pay, applicable retroactively from October and covering permanent staff, government-contracted workers, residents and research fellows.
Union leaders welcomed the increase on Wednesday. Salaries now approach “the minimum cost of maintaining a family,” said Alejandro Lipcovich, a union representative at the hospital, which employs around 4,000 staff, speaking to local channel Telediario.
Since taking office in December 2023, President Javier Milei has enforced a strict fiscal adjustment programme that has hit the public sector hardest – includ
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