ATE announced that it will join the strike of the two CTAs against Javier Milei

ATE announced that it will join the strike of the two CTAs against Javier Milei

The Association of State Workers (ATE) announced this Monday that it will bow to the arrest that the two fractions of the CTA will be carried out next Thursday against the policies of the government of Javier Milei. “This year has been terrible for the state,” they said.

“With the fighting plan that we state officials defined as soon as Milei took office, so far we have avoided more than 150,000 layoffs and the closure of several public organizations and companies. We must deepen it in December,” he said. Rodolfo Aguiar, Secretary General of National ATE.

In this framework, Aguiar stated that the last parity “it was shameful” and “pushed thousands of public employees into poverty“. “We have to continue fighting until we manage to remove the pen from those who sign downward agreements,” he added.

“The unrest in the Public Administration is widespread. By cutting salaries, Exams are added, supposedly of suitability, but which in reality aim to stigmatize. High compliance with the strike next Thursday is anticipated in all ministries and in the provinces,” added the leader. The protests will be replicated throughout the country with demonstrations, assemblies, open radio stations and roadblocks.

The deputy secretary of ATE, Mercedes Cabezas, He stated that he will also put into A mobilization is underway that “will demonstrate that the unity of the working class produces results.”

ATE denounced the serious economic situation of state workers

“This year has been terrible for state officials. Since February we have been experiencing layoffs throughout the country. The modalities have been very different but they all seek the same objective: leaving entire families without income,” the leaders denounced through separate statements.

The last salary increase offered by the National Government – accepted by UPCN – was 1% for December and a one-time bonus of $30,000. ATE rejected the proposal, understanding that the percentage is much lower than the expected inflation and that the bonus is not enough to pay even a quarter of the electricity bill.

He also pointed out against CGT and stated that “it is not understood how they do not call for a strike.” “There is no solidarity or they do not belong to the same class,” he lashed out..

According to Cabezas, “55 of 185 high public officials They have participation in the boards of directors of private companies” and they are the ones who “are dragging entire families into poverty” because salaries are below the basic basket .

“They are not allowed to have decent lives, They cannot access basic rights such as healtheducation or housing and not to mention the violence and discrimination also legitimized by those same officials,” he warned.

The Autonomous CTA published in recent days a report on the evolution of the Minimum, Vital and Mobile Wage in which it was shown that there was “a brutal loss of purchasing power”, since December 2023, “as a result of the effect of the devaluation and its impact on prices.”

Source: Ambito

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