The Senate labor reform debate began with a clear confrontation between the governmentwhich promotes changes in labor law with the argument that they want to create jobs, and the opposition of the Kirchner blocwhich was at the antipode of the position of the Casa Rosada.
“Employment is created by economic activity, and economic activity is at a low point; Argentina is experiencing a brutal recession.” This law (by the project) promotes informality, evasion and labor fraud“, said the Kirchnerist Mariano Recalde (Capital) at the beginning of the debate.
So he went to the intersection of the exhibition of the Minister of Labor, Julio Corderowhich began the debate on labor reform in the Senate, which is being held in a plenary session of the labor commissions – led and chaired by Patricia Bullirch – and the budget and finance commissions.
In a short intervention of less than ten minutes, Cordero had highlighted the benefits of the projectwhich he described as “extremely balanced“And this solves the stagnation over the last decade that the indicators of job creation in the private sector show, he said. He also highlighted “the litigation and burdens associated with work” that employers, especially SMEs, have suffered.
“For a person to work, someone must hire him. Coercion is not part of the freedom to hire and there must be clear rules that lead to promotion and not stagnation,” Cordero said.
In this sense, the Minister of Labor said that the project “has been analyzed for a long time” and that it is being developed taking into account “a request from Minister Sandra Pettovello to protect the essential rights of workers“.
Cordero recognized that in drafting the reform “The aim was to significantly reduce additional costs that lead to informality in the world of work.He then concluded his talk by stating that “this government is looking for solutions that reach the real world, the world of work.”
The Undersecretary of State for Industrial Policy at the Ministry of Economics was even briefer, Daniela Ramoswho emphasized that the project is intended for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in order to “equalize them with regard to large investment projects” that are regulated in the basic law.
“We are thinking about investments that generate revenues that allow us to maintain fiscal balance, which is an indisputable prerequisite of this government,” Ramos concluded, reaffirming the guiding principle of the libertarian government of Javier Milei.
The first contribution after the officials was that of Recalde, who spoke for more than half an hour to question the initiative worldwide and to express strong criticism on certain issues that the initiative wants to change, such as: Overtime pay and des Length of the working dayamong other things.
“They radiate hatred, anti-Peronism, revenge of the bosses and revenge of the boss“said Recalde, who carefully highlighted that he attended the plenary session because he did not want to avoid the debate, but that Kirchnerism continued to maintain its challenge to the composition of the commissions agreed upon by Vice President Victoria Villarruel and the rest of the blocs.
According to Recaldethe text sent by the executive “is the complete opposite” of what Cordero had claimed. “Employment is not stagnating, it is declining since Milei became president”replied the senator.
“A labor law has never created jobs, a labor law that restricts rights has never created jobs.“, emphasized Recalde, claiming that “job creation requires an economic plan”.
The capital’s senator insisted on the idea of ”employer’s revenge” and highlighted the fact that Cordero was a member of the Argentine Industrial Union in the past. “The fact that you are from the UIA makes me suspect your bias; everyone is on the employer’s side,” Recalde said.
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