The board of the CGT yesterday rejected the government-sponsored labor reform and warned that the country was “impoverished, lacking economic investment and suffering from industrialization” and expected to hold a mobilization in the Plaza de Mayo next Thursday (December 18) at 3 p.m.
The union questioned that there was no “agreement” or “dialogue table” with the employer sector and employees for this law.
The country is “poor, lacking economic investment and suffering from industrialization,” said the co-owner of the plant, Jorge Sola, in a press conference, in which he also pointed out that the CGT “strongly rejects any of the points established in this reform, which go hand in hand with job insecurity and represent a further step towards this informality.”
The “action plan” includes making representations to legislators and governors to “explain why this bill cannot be passed.”
“The CGT claims to be in the debate zone with lawmakers to discuss point by point,” he added, questioning that the project was being discussed “between midnight and midnight.”
Sola also said that the Center will push forward the legalization of the norm so that the “unconstitutionality” of several articles that “violate the principles of protection of labor” will be declared.
The mobilization next Thursday will, as expected, be “energetic”.
Sola gave the press conference at the historic headquarters of Azopardo 802 in Bajo Buenos Aires after a board meeting lasting more than two hours, where he was accompanied by co-owners Cristian Jerónimo and Octavio Arguello, among others.
The union leader also announced that the Center has decided to adopt the same position of rejection towards the organization’s “80 regional delegations” so that with the “territoriality that the CGT has, they express their rejection in every place and they talk to the deputies and governors in the provincial capitals to spread the same message.”
The CGT will therefore opt for “institutional” measures such as negotiations in Congress and judicial presentations rather than direct action.
This Thursday, the government presented the labor reform project to Congress, which the ruling party expressly wants to discuss in the Senate, but to do so it must build a majority together with its allies.
“You will not be able to meet parliamentary deadlines”
One of those who wanted to ensure calm during the meeting was Norberto “Tano” Di Próspero, general secretary of the Legislative Personnel Association (APL), who explained to his union colleagues that the ruling party “will not be able to meet the parliamentary deadlines” to adopt the standard in the coming weeks.
The unionists also warned that any senators who raise their hands to vote on the bill would be “responsible” to workers.
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