The measure also entails a two-hour daily computer blackout. It is after the announcement by the national government about the disarmament of the Federal Public Revenue Administration.
After the announcement of Government of dissolve the Federal Administration of Public Revenues (AFIP), to be replaced by the Customs Collection and Control Agency (ARCA)flight delays were recorded this Wednesday in the Ezeiza International Airport due to strike of customs workers. The measure is carried out by Association of Fiscal and Public Revenue Employees (AEFIP) and the Single Union of Customs Personnel (SUPARA) and it will last three days.
This is a strike with two-hour computer blackout for each day of unemployment. In parallel, union sources assured that Other measures are being evaluated, after requests from the assembly to call a general strike. They are in a state of “alert and permanent mobilization.”
The AFIP and Customs strike
The joint strike of AEFIP and SUPARA will be this Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, between 10 and 12 each day. The cessation of activities will be carried out in all sections of the country of both unions. The measure is against the dismissal of more than 3100 workers of the AFIP, General Tax Directorate (DGI) and the General Customs Directorate (DGA).
On Tuesday, massive assemblies of AFIP and Customs workers were held throughout the country (between both unions they estimated more than 50 in total). One block from the Plaza de Mayo More than 5,000 workers gathered.
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The Government dissolves the AFIP and creates the ARCA
The Government announced this Monday the dissolution of the AFIP and the creation in its place of the ARCA, with “a simplified structure”, composed of the DGI and DGA. The measure “will reduce higher authorities by 45% and lower levels by 31%, which represents an elimination of 34% of the current structure, generating a annual savings of 6,400 million pesos”.
The new state entity will be in charge of Florencia Misrahi, who until this Monday held the position of head of the AFIP. Furthermore, Andrew Gerardo Vazquez will be the new head of the DGI, while José Andrés Velis will do the same with the DGA.
Source: Ambito
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