The decision was made after a meeting of the main union leaders who are part of the National Transportation Board. The following were part of the conclave: Juan Pablo Brey of the Argentine Aircraft Association (AAA), Pablo Moyano (Truckers), Pablo Biro (pilots), Omar Maturano (The Brotherhood), Mario Caligari (UTA), Juan Carlos Schmid (Fempinra) and Raul Durdos (SOMU).
The national strike of the National Transportation Board
The meeting took place at the AAA headquarters, located at Bartolomé Miter 1906 and was chaired by the airmen union leader. There, the 7 members debated the possibility of carrying out a national strike transportation of 24 hours.
Thus, the next plenary session, to be held on October 8, it will not only work as an instance for officially confirm the date of the national strikebut also to be able to know the position of the other unions. Initially, for example, it is expected to be able to add the support of the National Federation of Taxi Workershosted by Jorge García.
The National Transportation Board was launched last Thursday as a union reaction after the Government will announce the start of talks with private companies to operate Aerolíneas Argentinasin the midst of the escalation of the conflict with the aeronautical unions.
“The formed Table launched the ‘State of Alert and Mobilization’, in response to the adjustment policy promoted by the Government for railway, airline, cargo and passenger transport, maritime and river activities. It also expressed its total solidarity with the fight that they carry forward the aeronautical unions, and any other mode of transport that is systematically attacked to the detriment of it“, they expressed from the brand new union unity body.
In this way, the objective of this Thursday’s meeting was to establish a “general fight plan“After the conclave, it will have its first measure of force that will seek to impact the government of Javier Milei.
CTERA announced a national teaching strike
In this conflictive context, the Confederation of Education Workers of the Argentine Republic (CTERA) announced a new measure of force in its claim to the government for education policies. On Wednesday morning, the educational personnel union called a national teaching strike for him Next Wednesday, October 2, accompanied by a new federal educational march.
The measure was communicated through the social networks of the confederation led by Sonia Alesso. The union maintains a strong fight with the national government, due to the demand for a increased budget for education, the restitution of the FONID and, in recent days, the rejection of veto of university funding bill.
The last measure of force of these characteristics of the union dates back to April 23 of this year, where the teachers grouped in the confederation also carried out a national strike that had a high level of compliance throughout the country and a historic march in the City Autonomous of Buenos Aires. The union is not the only organization that activated a plan to fight against the measures of the libertarian administration since, during this Thursday, September 26, the Argentine Federation of Workers of National Universities (FATUN) and Association of Workers of the National University of the Arts (ATUNA).
In addition to the announcement by the National Transportation Board, the CGT also announced, last Wednesday, that, joining the university march of the October 2. The labor union, led by co-secretary Pablo Moyano, announced its support at a press conference: “as appropriate, The CGT is going to give all its support and will mobilize on October 2 in defense of the university budget“said the head of Truckers.
In this way, accompanied by the main unions of the university sector, Moyano announced that they will be part of the call next Wednesday to accompany the demand of the houses of higher education and teaching and non-teaching workers to support what was approved by Congress and repudiate the budget adjustment carried out by Javier Milei’s government.
Source: Ambito
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