In the midst of mass layoffs and closing public bodies, Pope Francis received in the Vatican this Saturday to the national conduction of the Association of State Workers (ATE). The unionists gave him a report of the restructuring that President Javier Milei carries out and asked him to move his trip to the country.
“We ask him to pose for the president to do better person”said the Secretary General of National, Rodolfo Aguiar about his visit to the Supreme Pontiff. “Javier Milei builds with hate, his speeches are violent and sowing resentment. Without any empathy, his strategy is permanent confrontation,” said the state leader.
During the meeting with Francisco, Aguiar He was accompanied by Mercedes Cabezas sDeputy General Ecretary of National ATE and Worker of Senasa. Both leaders They gave him a report of the difficult situation they livewith mass dismissals, of which the president, and peer always below the inflation measured by IPC.
“The workers are being strongly attacked and the State no longer fulfills its role of articulating the common good and promote human development, “Aguiar denounced on his social networks.
The Vatican still did not make any official communication of the meeting, but it seems difficult for the Pope to move his trip. To each question about it, always gave an evasive answer. His position to avoid interfering directly in Argentine political life is known. He even received important government figures such as Sandra Pettovello and Victoria Villarruel.
The government and the guilds resumed the parity of the public sector: how the increases were
The parity of the National Public Sector They resumed last Tuesday after government representatives met with trade unionists of the Nation Civil Personnel Union (UPCN) and the State Workers Association (ATE), To resume the conversations that passed to an intermediate room, without agreement, at the end of December 2024.
During the audience, ATE rejected 1.5% for January and 1.2% in February offered by the Government in the parity of the National Public Administration, but was accepted by the other signatory guild of the agreement, UPCNso these increases enter into force.
Given this situation, the union that Rodolfo Aguiar leads declared himself in a state of alert and permanent assembly in all the ministries and will convene a federal plenary to define a new measure of force this month.
They denounce new layoffs in the Ministry of Justice
As happened at the end of last year with acara, andl Ministry of Justice by Mariano Cuneo Libarona is headed to discharge a contracting mode funded by CCAof automotive records, which will imply layoffs throughout the wallet.
Given this decision, The Ministry of Justice only offers a voluntary retirement plan where it will pay 80% of compensation which corresponds to each job, paid in fees without indexation. Whoever accepts, offers them informally the possibility of moving to a state hiring. From ATE, they denounce that the promise is not for everyone and many could be unemployed.
In the case of who reject the voluntary withdrawal and claim the total compensation, the panorama is not encouraging. In late 2024, contracts were discharged under a similar modality, financed by another automotive record entity called Acara. They were offered to pay only 50% of the amount that corresponds and, so far, they did not pay it.
Source: Ambito
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