The Minister of Labor and one of the authors of the labor reform presented today, Julio Cordero, denied that workers were being deprived of rights, said there were “excesses” in the funds that flowed to the unions to justify the planned cuts in their coffers and explained the main changes promoted by the government of Javier Milei.
In conversation with THE NATION and other media outlets, Cordero reiterated that the unions’ opposition had to do with the defense of “own interests”, but stressed that the trade union organizations were aware of the economic changes and the problems of informality that the Argentine labor market is currently facing.
“People’s consciousness has changed. There is a very healthy unionism, a unionism that is aware of Argentina’s current realities and that recognizes that many of the things that were discussed privately and not said publicly are now coming to light in a healthy way.” They were things where yes, some things need to be changed,” the labor minister said, adding: “There are people in the informal sector, it has not been possible to correct this over the years and through trying different systems over a long period of time.”
Regarding the possibility of a CGT protest, he explained that “they have to take a position, namely a leadership position in a particular sector, where they look after their own interests and representational interests.” The official added: “This is a completely proactive reform, it benefits the worker, it serves work, it serves SMEs (…) it is not a reform that hides anything or has an intention that is not positive for people.”
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