The general secretary of the UOM, Abel Furlán, provided a general overview of the sector due to the paralysis of activity, as a result of the strong adjustment and the exchange rate jump of 118% ordered by the current Government. “Since December we have had eight thousand layoffs,” said the union member.
Furlan spoke with the program More or less fine of Radio Mothers regarding the suspensions, layoffs and the temporary factory closures taking place in the country. “Since the campaign, Javier Milei He never mentioned what he was going to do with the industry and with the workers; We are very concerned, there is a clear intention to bring down the economyis hitting the entire sector very hard,” he said.
The head of the metallurgical union warned about the gloomy outlook that exists in the industry, where he assured that “There are companies that are still waiting to see if they can maintain employability”. In this regard, he warned that “If this continues like this it will be impossible for them” sustain jobs.
Alarm in the metallurgical industry: sharp drop in activity and job losses
According to a report from the Association of Metallurgical Industrialists of the Argentine Republic (ADIMRA)metallurgical activity plummeted 13.8% in the first two months of the yearcompared to the same period last year.
The report from the Association’s Department of Economic Studies revealed that there was a drop of 14% in January and 13.5% in February. “In inter-monthly terms, activity fell 2.5% compared to January and thus accumulates a fall of 4.4% during the current year”they indicated.
“This model seeks to sow terror on workers so that they end up naturalizing a crisis situation,” said Furlán, and denounced that the economic model they apply Milei and the Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo, was “written in the law firms of major companies.”
The general secretary of one of the most important unions in the country pointed out that “Milei won with the popular vote” but maintained that “Today in Argentina multinationals rule, among them, the Techint Group, which has preponderance in the assembly of the Executive. For example, in YPF or in the Secretary of Labor.”
“Large companies carry out the government agenda; this is the scenario that they always wanted to have in order to carry out their policies. Techint is a very large multinational that also has political power, because it is part of the government. And Techint is not standardizing the joint agreements,” denounced Furlán regarding the salary negotiation.
Regarding a possible national strike of the CGT, considered that the union center “is analyzing it, but with great responsibility.” He expressed himself along those lines this Wednesday Hector Daer, Cegetista triumvir, who stated that on April 11 they will evaluate whether or not it is appropriate to take such an action.
For Furlán, the first objective “is to bring down the DNU” of Javier Milei, which has already been rejected in the Senate and is waiting to be discussed in the lower house. In this regard, he said that “we hope to have good news in the Deputies” but “if that does not happen, the CGT is going to have to deepen the fight plan. There is a clear attack on the labor sector, because today in Argentina the corporations govern, not politics.”
Source: Ambito
