The General Confederation of Labor (CGT) will perform this Thursday, May 9, a national strike against the Governmentthe second since Javier Milei assumed the Presidency.
“We are going to continue forward with the fight plan that we have been developing. At no time was the May 9 strike in doubt“, confirmed on May 1 the co-secretary general of the workers’ union. Hector Daer.
Bank employees confirmed that they adhere to the national strike on May 9
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“We are not going to give up even one iota of all the rights that we have achieved throughout history,” stood out.
The CGT carried out the first national strike on January 24along with both CTA, the Autonomous and the Workers.
Pablo Moyano assured that “if the UTA doesn’t stop, the drivers will stop.”
Regarding transportation, the strike is expected to last 24 hours, from 00:00 to 23:59 on Thursday. Although the Automotive Tram Union (UTA) has not yet officially confirmed what the force measures will be like, the largest unions of collective workers are going to go on strike.
About, Pablo Moyano He assured the press that “if the UTA doesn’t stop, the drivers will stop, but it will be a forceful strike.” “Thousands of bus drivers are going to stop”he remarked.
Metrodelegates announced that they will join the strike.
Meanwhile, as confirmed from Metrodelegates will join the strike, so the subways will be affected by the force measure. For its part, the Emova company, which manages the subway service, maintained that it will avoid any complications for users, but they clarified that “if the union decides to take measures, it is not something that depends on the company.”
Added to this, Aerolíneas Argentinas confirmed that no flights will be made due to the national strike. The Air Line Pilots Association (APLA) spoke along the same lines, ratifying its participation in the workers’ call.
There will be no trains on May 9: railway workers confirmed their support for the CGT strike
The secretary general of the Railway Union, Sergio Sasiaconfirmed that railway workers are going to join the CGT strike. In addition, he demanded that the Government make “the political decision” to promote investments for the sector.
Sasia guaranteed that This Thursday the trains will not run for 24 hourssince this activity will comply with the strike ordered by the CGT.
The Railway Union confirmed that the workers are going to join the CGT strike.
In statements to radio Coloniathe union member also noted that “Rates increase starting this Monday but people are not traveling well. There are fewer trains running. Investments are needed to buy locomotives and wagons. But there is even a lack of spare parts.”
“That is why the San Martín railway has been operating on a Sunday schedule for months,” he added. For this reason, he considered it necessary “a state policy for the development of the railway systembecause otherwise the service is going to deteriorate more and more.
“This sector has not had a plan for a long time. And without a plan it is very difficult for the activity to be sustained,” he concluded.
Transport unions promise a “total paralysis of the area”
Different unions that are members of the Argentine Confederation of Transport Workers (CATT) They held informational assemblies this Monday to confirm their support for the general strike next Thursday called by the CGT.
In the assemblies that were held with cessation of activities at different points between 8 and 11 in the morning, they also agreed reject the half sanction of the Bases Law which will be discussed in the Senate, andannounce layoffs in the sector.
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At the same time, They repudiated the current DNU “which allows, among other things, the advancement of dismissals of workers from State organizations and companies” and demanded that “free joint agreements and the immediate approval of agreements in some of the activities of unions that are part of the CATT.”
While, They closed ranks against the privatization of state companies contemplated in the Base Law, and They rejected the reinstatement of the Income Tax provided for in the Fiscal Measures Law.
Juan Carlos Schmid assured that on Thursday “there will be a total paralysis of the transportation area.”
According to a statement, more than 42 multimodal transport organizations, among them the Argentine Association of Aircraft Operators, the Union of Road and Related Workers (STVyARA), the Federation of Taxi Workers (Fepetax) and the member unions of the Maritime, Port and Naval Industry Federation (FeMPINRA).
The Secretary General of the FeMPINRA and Deputy Secretary of the CATT, Juan Carlos Schmidmaintained that the current “is a Government that has collapsed consumption by 40%, that has practically suffocated retirees and that launched from the first day a protocol where Social protest is compared to an armed crime”.
In this regard, he considered that “those are sufficient reasons to protest,” and added that On Thursday “there will be a total paralysis of the area.”
A union member threatened to ban senators who vote in favor of the Bases Law while traveling on Aerolíneas Argentinas
“Everything that is happening to some extent is old: the labor reforms, the restructuring of public administrations, the privatization of companies, they have already done it and the country is impoverished to this point”, he indicated.
For his part, the head of Aircraft and Press Secretary of the CATT, Juan Pablo Brey, warned that “if this law (Bases) goes ahead We are going to remember those who voted for her because they are betraying the people and the country.”.
“We are going to defend our companies and we are going to defend the rights of workers”he claimed.
The Government will activate the anti-picket protocol and evaluate sanctions
Regarding the protests, the presidential spokesperson, Manuel Adorniwarned last Thursday that the Government is “evaluating different measures that will be taken.”
“The idea is to ensure that everyone who wants to moveespecially those who go to their workplaces, can do it,” he said. And he added: “Everything is being studied and the sanctions is part of the evaluation What do we do when this type of nonsense happens?
The Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich, considered that the union leaders “harm the people.”
The Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrichstated that the measure is “against the society that works” and anticipated that it will activate the security protocol on May 9. “The Government has made a decision and the people know it,” she said.
“We guarantee free movement, We don’t let them take over bridges or cut routes. There may be exceptions where we are not, if there is a welcome provincial force, but the protocol is always applied because we know that people feel what it means. “It’s our philosophy,” he remarked.
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“It seems to me that the only thing the strikes do is ruin them because The Government is determined to continue its path“, the one who is going to get us out of the crisis,” he said in an interview he gave for Radio Rivadavia.
Likewise, he stated: “Let them strike, we are going to move forward with our government program”adding that union leaders “harm people.”
“These strikes are against working society, which is the majority. We know what the results are. A day in which the country loses a lot of money because they decide to defend themselves. There is no point in continuing to talk because we are going to move forward with what we want,” he said.
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