The measure of force will begin at 9 and the union headquarters did not define an end time.
He PIT-CNT announced this Friday the holding of a general strike on Thursday the 23rd against the social security reform that deals with the Chamber of Deputies and whose sanction is expected by the end of the month.
The stoppage of activities will begin at 9 in the morning and has no specific end time at the moment.
The PIT-CNT will set up a tent on Monday to provide information in the vicinity of the legislative Palace, and on Thursday the 23rd the strike will take place with mobilization and act, according to Uy Press. Last December, the union central held a demonstration in the Senate while the social security reform was being voted on.
“Clearly we have a position of rejection of this reform because it basically proposes working more to earn less,” said the vice president of the plant, Joselo Lopezto the newspaper El País, which added that the plant believes that there is a “possibility” of carrying out another reform, “in which the financing can come from another place and not from the workers.”
The defense of the pension reform that the president made before Parliament
“There is a 20-year transition, it is a progressive and inclusive reform because it does not leave any family out,” said the president. Luis Lacalle Pou before the general Assembly last week.
“It is a solidarity reform because 100% of those over 70 will have access to a minimum income, each peso contributed will count. We are convinced that it is a necessary and urgent reform, ”he stressed.
The initiative foresees that only in 2040 will the transition period from the current system to the new one have ended. Then Uruguayans aged 65 and those currently in their 50s will retire, a point of contention with the coalition partner Open Town Hall (CA).
Source: Ambito
