The Ministry of Human Capital, led by Sandra Pettovello, rejected the request for union status presented by the Villa Gesell Lifeguard Union. As justified in Resolution 683/2024, in this case, the Ministry of Labor determined that no differentiated interests were credited that are not already covered by other trade union organizations with legal status.
Human Capital’s rejection of the lifeguards’ request
Law 23,551 establishes that union status can be granted to an ex-officio union, as long as differentiated union interests that are not already covered by other union organizations that have said status are justified. In this case, the refusal of the Ministry of Labor This is based on the fact that said differentiated interests were not accredited by the Villa Gesell Lifeguard Union.
Along these lines, the Government explained that the pre-existing union entities already represented the workers of the sector in the corresponding geographical and professional scope. As detailed in article 30 of the aforementioned law, when there is a union with union status that represents the workers of an activity, and the requesting organization is an ex-officio union, the granting of status is only possible if sufficient differences are demonstrated in the union interests of the represented workers.
Resolution 683/2024 of the Ministry of Human Capital formally provides for the rejection of the request of the Villa Gesell Lifeguard Union to obtain union status. The Secretary of Labor, Employment and Social Security ordered the corresponding notification to the parties involved and the registration of the decision in the National Directorate of Labor Associations.
This concludes a process that began in 2019 and had multiple stages of review and verification. Facing the summer season 2024/2025 Conflicts could flourish as the Union considers whether to launch protests over the decision.
Conflict with other unions
In 2011, the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security had granted said Union union registration. This registration allowed represent the lifeguards who worked in spas and municipal spaces of Villa Gesellin addition to retirees who had been affiliated with the entity during their professional activity.
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Subsequently, in accordance with the regulatory procedure, and in accordance with the provisions of article 28 of Law 23,551, the other union organizations with union status in the same area, in order to avoid overlaps in union representations. Among the organizations that were included in the conflict were the Single Union of Lifeguards and Related Workersthe Association of State Workers and the Union of Civil Personnel of the Nation (UPCN).
On April 19, 2024, the National Directorate of Trade Union Associations held a hearing to verify membership and collate the data presented. This process included mutual control of the number of contributing members of the organizations involved, with the objective of determining whether the Villa Gesell Lifeguard Union met the requirements to obtain the union status that was finally rejected.
Source: Ambito
