With the president Javier Milei traveling in the United States, different unions began this Monday with assemblies and cessation of activities as a preview of the general strike and mobilization called by the CGT for next Thursday, in rejection of the Base Law that the Senate will begin to discuss this week.
Just as I had anticipated Infobaethe unions grouped in the Argentine Confederation of Transport Workers (CATT) carried out a set of protests in the morning that affected railway, aeronautical, maritime and land services.
However, in the midst of the conflict between the leaders of that organization, Sergio Sasia and Juan Carlos Schmidnot all entities complied with the decision, so, for example, the operation of the groups was not interrupted.
“The service is being guaranteed. There may be train delays, because obviously colleagues are arriving. It is going to be a very large assembly. It is the only one that exists in all the railways, because the other lines have not called,” clarified, meanwhile, general secretary of the Railway Union Sect. West, Ruben “Pollo” Sobrero.
On the contrary, there was adhesion on the part of the Metrodelegateswhich ordered the opening of turnstiles at all stations for several hours, and Aeronautical Personnel Association (APA), which made operations difficult at several airports in the country.
“We are going to hold a large assembly throughout the country, until we stop with the privatization of Aerolíneas Argentinas. On the 9th we are going to stop all flights in the country, national and foreign companies. We know that it is a difficult time, we know what it represents for the workers, but to have presenteeism, we have to have a job and to have a job, we have to have a company,” said the leader of the latter union. Edgardo Llano.
However, the Government dismissed the impact of the protest and stressed that, in the case of Aerolíneas Argentinas, “there were no losses because all flights were rescheduled” and there were no cancellations.
Likewise, the national authorities estimate that activity in the rest of the sectors was not affected too much, since there were few unions that stopped and it did not reach commercial activity, although a complete survey of the day has not yet been carried out.
“It was more media noise, assemblies, than anything else. As usual”remarked a source from Balcarce 50, where they sought to minimize the conflict with the unions, which will culminate on Thursday with the mobilization of the CGT to Congress.
This Monday, the aeronautical Edgardo Llano also referred to the Bases Law and warned that the entity he heads is going to “explain to the passengers every time one of these senators travels that they are betraying popular mandates.”
This prompted the response of Manuel Adorniwho in his usual press conference at the Casa Rosada maintained that the union member’s statements are “part of the delirium that is being experienced in the country” and that “the threats are from other times, from another Argentina that no one wants or voted for anymore.” ”.
“The escrache in itself must be condemned, no matter the political strength. It is a practice that has to disappear in Argentina. “I don’t know if they understand well how a republic works, with the three powers that function independently,” added the presidential spokesperson.
The Ministry of Human Capital will reject an “administrative appeal” presented by the Popular Economy Workers Union (UTEP) so that the holder of the portfolio, Sandra Pettovelloannul the dissolution of the plan Enhance Work and the creation, through “Resolution No. 84/24,” the programs “Back to work” and of “Social Accompaniment”, which replaces it.
On the other hand, in the context of the conflict with the labor union, the ruling party received the support of the head of Government of the City of Buenos Aires, Jorge Macriwho questioned the “brutal and deafening silence of the last four years.”
“This leads us to reflect on whether the union protects the worker or there is more of an attitude of protecting a political space. It would be good to know that. If the unions belong to the political parties or if they defend the rights of workers. “From what I am seeing, from the brutal and deafening silence of the last four years, they have more commitment to the political parties than to the workers,” said the Buenos Aires president in radio statements.
