Despite the intention to approve the draft Labor reform in it senate Before the end of the year, the government of Javier Milei delays the dispatch of the final text Official entry is expected this Thursdaywhich thwarts the original plan for “express” treatment – which already seemed difficult – while the CGT He goes ahead and activates the conversation with the Peronist bloc Unión por la Patria.
The presentation of the final “work modernization” project was delayed and with it the transmission of the project to the Senate. On the official bench they pointed this out iProfessional The last indication they received from Casa Rosada was that the initiative would officially come into force on Thursday “because the traveling president has to sign it”.
Indeed, Milei traveled to Norway to attend the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to María Corina Machado, the main opposition leader against the dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, together with the Secretary General of the Presidency, Karina Milei, and to the Chancellor, Pablo Quirno.
Labor reform: LLA waits for Milei and postpones the first session in the Senate
On the government’s agenda is that the president will be back in Argentina Thursday morning. Only then would I sign the project for shipping to the Senate. This is already causing a delay from the original plan drawn up by the head of the LLA block. Patricia Bullrichto aim for the opinion to be signed in committee between Thursday and Friday.
Although it was recognized in the libertarian ranks that it would be “difficult” to adhere to this timetable, which meant that the labor reform project would have to be put into practice next week, despite the delay, the intention remains to speed up the treatment in order to try to give it the “half sanction” before December 30 and get the MPs to take it up again in February.
The first challenge for Bullrich and the official forces remains the meeting of the working commission. The original idea was to hold this constituent meeting on December 10, the original date of the extraordinary meetings called by Milei. It is now planned to be held on Thursday, when the project comes into force, according to other parliamentary sources consulted iProfessional.
However, the roadmap still seems very “open” considering the problems presented by LLA and Bullrich in particular. While waiting for the project to be received, the constituent session did not even have a tentative schedule until this Wednesday afternoon and the comment in the Senate is that this is still the case The agreement between the ruling party and its allies does not appear to be sophisticated.
Freedom Advances wants Secure more seats on the commission for your own and the friendlier blocs like the PRO and the UCRto ultimately secure the majority opinion for the project. But the political framework for the constitution of this body – a process that is always riddled with heated debates about the distribution of seats – was at least vague until this Wednesday.
The imperative step towards labor reform and the tug of war between the ruling party and the opposition
The blocs must send the names of their representatives on the Budget Commission to the President of the Senate. Victoria Villarrueland Peronism is capable of this take up the majority of the places because it is still the largest room in the chamber, with 28 senators (including the four “rebels” from Federal Conviction, who remain in the interbloc for now).
In the ruling party, they point out that Bullrich is determined to “do everything to advance labor reform” and that she can “use the precedent of Villarruel” when last year she agreed with all blocs outside the Unión por la Patria on a distribution of seats in the commissions that prevented Peronism from having a majority in any of them.
However, in Peronism they remember it in these hours This move came with a vote at the venue to shield, previously agreed between the LLA, the UCR, the PRO and the provincial blocs. “There is no meeting in sight today to resolve the Commission issue,” they warn.
All this means that the government is struggling to secure the “semi-sanction” of labor reform before the end of the year. For example Bullrich – who sounds like a possible president of the labor commission, if Carmen Alvarez Rivero agrees to step down – does not want a round of exhibitors to speed up the treatment while Unión por la Patria does.
The CGT ends up in the Senate and refines the strategy with Peronism
The bank is now in charge José Mayans, Juliana di Tullio and Anabel Fernández Sagasti -all direct lines to the former president Cristina Kirchner– It is organized for the discussion they want to have on labor reform and this Wednesday they will receive the leadership of the CGT to analyze the central aspects of the projectwhich have already leaked despite the delays.
The new leadership of the trade union center they run Jorge Sola (Insurance), Cristian Jeronimo (glass) and Octavio Arguello (Truckers) has already indicated that it is aware of the proposed changes regarding the… collective agreements, including, but not limited to, “Ultraactivity,” which allows for automatic renewal after expiration.
But so far the CGT has not shown a clear position against or for labor reform, the content of which it knows from the participation of the influential Gerardo Martínez (UOCRA) in the Mayo Council. Likewise, they expressed their unease beyond what they described as a “lack of dialogue” and also because of the urgency that Bullrich displayed in the Senate.
The union center’s strategy today is: do not suggest a blanket rejection of the project from Milei, but to give the debate and in any case suggest modifications and alternatives. They also keep the possibility open to harden their stance and mobilize.
The point is that Peronism is, as we know, going through a political crisis that is putting it in turmoil, even within the senatorial bloc, where it is also unclear to what extent they agree with the statements of the CGT and how much they will disagree. “Everything will become clear once we have presented the project,” they point this out in Unión por la Patria.
Union dues: Government sends a signal to the CGT
The government is sending signals of non-confrontation with the trade union movement. Hours before the CGT meeting with the Peronist senators, the chief of staff, Manuel Adorniconfirmed in a press conference that the labor reform project does not include any changes regarding the so-called “union funds”a topic that worried the cegetist priests.
“The changes that need to be made in union matters will be part of a second law, so in principle there would be no changes,” Adorni said at a news conference. In response to a specific question about possible changes to the union’s compulsory contributions, the official replied: “Compulsory contributions are compulsory contributions, but no, in principle there will be no changes.”
In doing so, the governing party is trying to eliminate one of the possible points of conflict in the debate about the project. However, there are others. One of these could be the predominance of agreements with a smaller scope (per company) over agreements with a larger scope (per activity), which changes the nature of collective agreements. The CGT is on alert and assumes that he will not accept the text as it comes from the executive branch.
In any case, the government is beginning to understand the complexity that the debate on reform will have in the Senate. When asked about the approval deadlines, Adorni pointed this out It depends “strictly on the timing of the legislative technique”. That is, what happens behind the closed doors of Congress.
In this way, the plan drawn up by the government was implemented Javier Milei to receive the “half sanction”. senate for the Labor reform This will be continued before the end of the year, but it is already becoming apparent that there will be difficulties in completing it, the delay in submitting the project being only the first. Senators know they face hectic days before the end of the year, but today they believe it is more likely that the problem will not be resolved until mid-January or February.
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