The Association of State Workers (ATE) This Thursday, he is carrying out a New national strike with mobilization to Plaza de Mayo to demand better working conditions and to reject the threat of “a third wave of mass layoffs at the end of the month.” The union reported a 90% turnout in the first few hours, so different services may be affected by the strike.
Among them, the National Public Administrationthe provincial and municipal ones are affected by the strike. In addition, the hospitals are functioning only with minimum guards and essential agencies attend emergencies only.
Which services will be affected by the ATE strike?
The union explained that the strike carried out this Thursday has a level of 90% adhesion. Regarding this, the General Secretary of the union, Rodolfo Aguiar, stated: “At this moment the Government weakens. For the first time The bullets start coming in and we have to speed up“, he said.
Regarding this high participation, Aguiar explained: “the high level of compliance shows that state employees are no longer afraid of pressure, violence and threats from officials and are determined to fight in defense of their wages and jobs”.
The strike will affect multiple public services. National, provincial and municipal offices will see their services affected and hospitals alone operate with minimal guards. In addition, essential agencies only serve emergencies.
On the other hand, other services such as waste collectionhe street sweepingthe school porters, educational assistants and the maintenance of green spaces are also affected by the strike. In the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, in most of the ministries There will be a cessation of work and withdrawal from the workplaces starting at 11 am.
The reasons for the national ATE strike
The national strike and mobilization to the Plaza de Mayo carried out by ATE has the objective of demand better working conditions and oppose the “Threat of a third wave of mass layoffs at the end of the month“. The strike was also joined by the Union of Workers of the Popular Economy (UTEP).
In detail, they are almost 65,000 State contracts were renewed for just three monthsabout which there are no details on what will happen once they conclude on September 30. According to figures collected from the Argentine Integrated Pension System (SIPA)the drop in salaried employment in the public sector since November 2023 is 37,561 fewer jobs and, the last one INDEC report revealed that unemployment rose to 7.6% in the second quarter of this year.
On the other hand, ATE also claims for the loss of purchasing power of state employees, which, according to the union, already exceeds 30%% so far this year. In this context, the union stressed the situation that provincial and municipal workers are going through and assures that they may be considerably affected by the presentation of the Budget 2025where President Javier Milei demanded that the governors make an adjustment of US$60 billion in their districts.
Source: Ambito
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