The delegate of the Aeronautical Personnel Association in Comodoro participated along with other representatives of the concentration on Routes 3 and 26.
The Aeronautical Personnel Association (APA) Comodoro Rivadavia delegation joined the national transportation strike that affected airports throughout the country.
This strike was supported by six of the eight unions that represent aeronautical workers, as well as state unions, which resulted in the suspension and delay of flights throughout the territory.
From routes 3 and 26, the APA delegate in Comodoro, Carolina González explained: “We came self-convened to also show the unity that exists among the workers, especially today, which is a transportation strike and it especially affects those of us who work. in this area.”
The protest takes place in a scenario of growing concern about the possible privatization of Aerolíneas Argentinas, at a time when the ruling party is moving forward with a ruling that enables debate in Congress. “They want to carry out a senseless privatization, and it is a purely ideological issue against Aerolíneas,” González said.
The delegate also highlighted the difficult economic situation that the workers are going through: “We have had our salaries frozen for more than five months and we are in a critical situation. They are leading us to total economic asphyxiation. “We are earning very low salaries, and we don’t know if in two months we are going to continue working at Airlines, if they are going to privatize and dismantle the company, we don’t know what is going to happen.”
Despite the uncertainty, González stressed the determination of the workers: “We never lose the desire to go out into the streets to fight. There is a lot of uncertainty, sadness and anguish due to the economic situation we are going through. There are very low spirits, but we know that we are in the last stretch, that what happens to us will probably be defined before December, so we are putting everything into it and taking advantage of every opportunity to go out into the streets.”
Asked about a possible privatization scenario that Congress would approve, after passing through the Chamber of Deputies and Senate, she stated: “The truth is that we are seeing it ugly, because they do not clarify under what terms they are going to do it. There is no dialogue between the union and the company, so we do not know under what conditions the privatization would be carried out.”
González also made reference to the presence of representatives of Marsans, the group that intervened when Aerolíneas was privatized in the 90s, in the Congressional commission: “Yesterday they brought the former manager of Marsans to the Commission. It was a very big provocation, which unfortunately did not appear in many media. If they bring a representative of Marsans to the Commission, they are trying to tell us something. I think that privatization is not going to be on good terms, if it happens. They are going to look for an airline scrapyard and that is what worries us the most,” he concluded.