Next Wednesday, October 30, the Government will face a national transport strike: trains, planes, trucks, ships, subways, taxis and cargo transportation will have their operations affected by the cessation of activities. Less than 12 hours before the day of protest, more unions, how the teaching or state employee sectorwill be added to the force measurement determined by the National Transportation Board. Meanwhile, on Thursday it will be the turn of the buses, which will not provide their usual service.
In detail, in the province of Buenos Aires the unions SUTEBA, UDOCBA and the Federation of Buenos Aires Educators (FEB) decided to join the 24-hour strike, in line with what was defined by CTERA and the two CTAs. In addition, the State Workers Association will also stop and carry out protests (ATE) and the Union of Workers of the Popular Economy (UTEP), made up of several social movements.
Which unions adhere to the strike on October 30
In addition to those nucleated in the National Transportation Board and related, other unions decided to comply with the measure initially called by the transport unions. Thus, the Government will face a national strike on different fronts, which will affect other areas in addition to those linked to the transfer of passengers.
First of all, they recently joined the force measure unions and teaching groups such as the Federation of University Teachers (FEDUN), which may affect all public universities. In this same line, the Unified Union of Education Workers of Buenos Aires (SUTEBA), the Union of Teachers of the Province of Buenos Aires (UDOCBA) and the Federation of Buenos Aires Educators (FEB) will also join the protest day.
In this way, the unions in the teaching sector aligned themselves with what was defined by CTERA and the two CTAs to accompany the strike launched by the organization that brings together the transport unions. In detail, it is claimed restitution of the National Teacher Incentive Fund (FONID) he increase in the educational budgetthe application of the approved – and later vetoed – educational financing lawthe call to the national teaching parity and the increase of budget for universitiesamong other points.
The State Workers Association (ATE) It will be another of the sectors that will join the measure. In detail, the state will carry out a total stoppage of activities for 36 hours to “demand that the Government immediately reopening of joint ventures“. The measure of force began this Tuesday the 29thfrom 12, and will continue on Wednesday the 30th.
The Union of Workers of the Popular Economy (UTEP) will also participate in the protest, which includes several social movements, and different student organizations.
Finally, as indicated by the Buenos Aires government, as a consequence of the strike it will be affected andl waste collection service. He will remain detained from this Tuesday night until 9 pm on Wednesday.
The Government’s response to unemployment
In the run-up to the national transport strike, to which other actors such as the former AFIP or the State Workers Association (ATE)the Government strongly criticized the decision. In his usual press conference, presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni analyzed: “Those who stop do nothing more than define something that we already know: the privileged stop. Those who can afford to stop. Because good Argentines, hard-working Argentines, those of us who want a better country do not have that possibility and we also do not want to stop.”
“The unions that stop are the airmen’s union, the pilots’ union Pablo Biro who refuse to lose their privileges, free tickets in business class for their family, plus everything that we have already been discussing that happens with that union,” the official listed.
Furthermore, Adorni added that he will also stop “the AFIP union, which intends to continue with the privilege of hereditary positions“, “the state one, ATE, which resists suitability exams” and “the Railway Union that defends services that offer worse quality than half a century ago.”
“What the privileged are doing with the strikes is harming those who want to work. Those who voted for a different Argentina precisely to eliminate their privileges, of the caste. “They are the ones who voted to lower inflation and with the hope of having a much better future,” he stated.
Looking ahead to the day of protest, the official assured that the Government did “everything he could” to avoid the strike on October 30. “We are going to confront as long as the unions complicate people’s lives. The unions are there to defend their workers, which they do not do but it is what they should, because what they defend are particular interests. When it happens like this we will always go out to reject them and question them.“.
Source: Ambito
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