Incidents on General Paz Avenue amid the blockade imposed by the State Workers’ League against INTI

The workers of National Institute of Industrial Technology (female), grouped together in the Association of State Workers (ATE), this afternoon blocked the collector of General Paz Street, near Constituentes, in a protest that led to clashes with the city police. As the day progressed, unrest among the workers increased. Because of complaints from “Institutional discharge“And the fear of laying off new workers in the organization.

Starting at noon, tensions escalated when a group of demonstrators attempted to advance towards the main road leading to Riachuelo. Lighting tires and facing motorized groups And pedestrians deployed by police to contain them. The force was able to move freely amid tension expressed by demands to reduce the budget and 70,000 government contracts expire On December 31st.

Rodolfo Aguiar, Secretary General of ATEHe led the mobilization and questioned official policy towards the public sector: “We must prevent the chainsaw from running again in the country and prevent mass layoffs,” he declared from the rally. Union He rejects the labor reform promoted by the governmentHe demands the urgent reopening of joint projects and demands the restructuring of salaries in the face of the accumulated loss of income.

also He rejects the plan to reduce the state factory by 10%.It is an action that can directly impact strategic areas of research and public services.

The protest gained strength with the arrival of social organizations and political movements to the headquarters of the Miglietti Technological Park, leading to a more intense operation on the arrival of vehicles. After the meeting, the demonstrators decided to move the request from Constituciónntes Avenue to the Buenos Aires Ring Road.

Aguiar again questioned the official strategy: “The government is betting on the conflict by freezing salaries for several months. Never before have I lost so much purchasing power in such a short time. They should ensure social peace, not us. “If they continue without meeting demands, the conflict will continue to escalate.” Their statements reflect an increasingly tense union climate: uncertainty over contracts, progress on reforms, and salary freezes.

Over the next few hours, ATE The date of the new national strike will be announced. The federation expected that the sudden measures would be repeated in different parts of the autonomous city of Buenos Aires and in several provinces.

List of decentralized organizations most affected by Chainsaw

Decentralized organizations appear as: The essence of the new “Saw plan“promoted by the government of Javier Miley, which expects a deep cut by 2026. Some of the most committed are AFIP, ANSES, CONICET, INDEC, ANMAT, ENACOM, INTA and INTI, all of which are under review to reveal overlapping functions.

At the same time, the amendment affects organizations that have already been reshaped this year: the National Institute of Family, Peasant and Indigenous Agriculture has been reduced after laying off 777 employees; The National Seed Institute became affiliated with the Ministry of Agriculture; The National Institute of Viticulture was transformed into an organizational unit; It was INADI, along with the Bulgarian National Institute It was resolved under pretext “Indoctrination“And politicization. The restructuring falls within the framework of a strategy presented by the executive authority as one of the state agencies.

By July, Govt Accumulated 101 closed organizationsIt was merged or transferred from the National Highway Traffic Safety Agency to the National Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, as well as several trust funds.

The government is preparing a new ‘saw plan’ and plans to shrink the state factory by another 10% in 2026

The reduction scheme is thus organized into levels:

• AFIP, ANSES, CONICET and INDEC: Priority in the planned amendment for 2026.

• Anmat, inakum, inta, and enti: Monthly monitoring to detect duplication.

• National Institute of Family Farming:Strong reduction and progress towards its solution.

• INADI and the Bulgarian National Institute: Removal due to alleged “politicization”.

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