– Truckers: workers from different activities will join. The union organization is made up of freight transportation, logistics services (parcels, for example) and waste collection, among other areas.
– Education: the Tucumán Association of Provincial Educators (ATEP) responded to the call of the Confederation of Education Workers of the Argentine Republic (Ctera). They demand the financing of public education, the payment of the Fonid and against the measures that affect the sector’s retirements and the Bases Law. They also express their rejection of the national DNU, the layoffs, the adjustment and the high rates, among other slogans. At the same time, they ask the provincial government for a salary increase for teachers.
The Association of Secondary and Higher Education Personnel (APEM) also announced its support for the national teaching strike.
– Mechanics: the Union of Mechanics and Related Automotive Transport Workers (Smata) confirmed the strike in Tucumán companies, such as Scania, according to its owner Luis Diarte.
-Construction: “We adhere against the labor reform and in favor of our rights. At the national level, we are talking about the loss of work and that public works are not reactivated,” he said. David Acostahead of the Construction Workers Union (Uocra-Tucumán).
-Banks: the Banking Association announced that it will be present at the general strike. Therefore, customer service at financial institutions will not be enabled this Thursday.
“The economic policy carried out by the national government continues to harm workers and the people as a whole, while shamelessly favoring large businessmen, economic groups and royal power,” the union said in a statement.
-Commerce employees: “The Federation gave us the order and we are going to comply with the general stoppage of activities. There will be no transportation or banks, that will prevent colleagues from being able to get to their jobs,” he said. Oscar Canoleader of the Society of Commercial Employees and Workers (SEOC).
“What the President wants to do is an aberration, since it harms future retirees and workers. The adjustment variable always passes through the workers, but we are not going to allow it,” said the union member with reference to the labor reform and other measures of the national government.
“Normally, there is pressure on workers. We will go out to talk to the businesses,” he added regarding the owners’ decision to open during the strike day.
-Gastronomic: Enrique Altier, general secretary of the section of the Union of Tourism, Hotel and Gastronomic Workers (Uthgra), indicated that there were conversations with businessmen in the sector, taking into account that it is a complex activity and that it is experiencing a drop in demand. “If there is no transportation, it will surely be difficult to get to work,” emphasized the union member, who ratified the sector’s support.
