As detailed in another articlethe CGT met its Board of Directors behind closed doors to analyze the steps to be taken before the presentation in Congress of the draft labor reform law by the national government.
Finally at noon this Thursday it was announced that the union center called for mobilization on Thursday the 18th. Although, needless to say, without a national strike that guarantees that the measure of force is as forceful as possible, paralyzing the country and with hundreds of thousands marching.
The announcement of the CGT It occurred after a group of union organizations, internal commissions and bodies of combative delegates, student centers and the parties that make up the Left Front will begin to call for a massive march on Thursday the 18th against slave labor reform.
The call for the independent arch was planned for Thursday at 6 p.m., concentrating on Avenida de Mayo and 9 de Julio in the City of Buenos Aires. Now It was also resolved to participate from 3:00 p.m. as an independent pole in the CGT march, demanding a national strike and a plan of struggle until Milei’s plans are defeated. The combative organizations also agreed to read their own document at 6:00 p.m. to demand an active national strike on the day the law is discussed and a plan of struggle in the perspective of an active general strike to defeat Milei’s plan and the slave bosses. Join throughout the day, which will continue until night to avoid the maneuvers of the CGT that calls without a strike to prevent the most massive participation possible.
Independent participation in the measure called by the CGT is essential to demand the continuity of a fight plan, knowing that the traitor leadership of the CGT that has been letting all the attacks pass will never be willing to carry the fight plan to the end, but will always be willing to sit down again to negotiate with the national government and businessmen to hand over our rights. It is key to organize and strengthen yourself from the bases independently in the face of the harsh attacks that are coming. It is obvious that a march is not enough to defeat the attacks and that is why we cannot place any trust in the bureaucratic leadership.
– Let’s defeat the repressive penal reform and the package of laws against working people. The glacier law is not touched.
– We demand an active national strike of the CGT and the CTA on the day the law is discussed and a plan of struggle in the perspective of the general strike until defeating the entire plan of Milei, Trump, the IMF and the slave businessmen.
-Enough of the persecution of the Garrahan workers, the independent piquetero movement and all the fighters.
– Defense of the right to strike, collective labor agreements, union democracy, increased salaries and retirements.
Ten keys to the government’s labor reform
1-Agreements by company and at the bottom 131). Today the agreements that govern are those of your activity (truck drivers, telephone companies), which still maintain historical achievements. And if you have a company one, it cannot have fewer rights than that. That’s why Milei hates them. Now it will be the other way around: in your job they can impose a downward agreement on you, with fewer rights, which will have more legal value than that of your union. They also attack ultraactivity, which means that if there is no agreement the agreement continues. Now they give you a year to “update” it or the minister can suspend it.
2-Salaries for productivity (article 33). Your salary may be a mixture of a joint increase and “other dynamic components considering the personal merit of the worker.” In Creole, they want to pay you for what you make the company earn.
3-Rubber work days (article 42 and 43). The “hour bank” is confirmed, meaning that one day you may have to work 12 hours, another 4, another 10, until completing the monthly hours.
4-Vacation when they are sung (article 147). They may be divided into 7 days “by agreement between employer and worker” (and “if you don’t like it, there’s the door”). Furthermore, they are only obliged to give them to you in the summer once every three years.
5-Cheaper compensation (article 51). Salaries will be dynamic, but compensation will be very static. Only the “normal and usual” salary will be taken, without the additional ones that they themselves are proposing. The same project recognizes that you are going to charge a third less, upfront.
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But in addition to the project, from now on the negotiations will be as the employers want: zero freedom to complain and organize.
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6 – Prohibited assemblies, reduced union protection (articles 133 and 134). Assemblies may only be called by the union leadership, with prior notice (even outside the establishment!) and may not “affect work.” On top of that they want to discount the hours it lasts. Don’t you want me to pay you too…? Furthermore, “union protection will apply only to delegates or regular congressmen.” And if you get less than 5% of the votes, you have no privileges. Objective: leave us without representatives…
7 – The work of insults and loyalty (article 134 and 141). Business owners may feel “injured” if a group of workers or a union blockades, affecting production. Poor things…. Not only could there be disciplinary sanctions, but also million-dollar fines for union organizations. Also for “unfair practices” that can range from “promoting compulsory affiliation of workers” to “not abiding by mandatory conciliation.” That is what businessmen do with impunity without any consequences.
8 – It is more difficult to go on strike than to get to Mars (article 98). Despite having been suspended in two DNUs, Milei insists on preventing the right to strike. 75% of the services must be guaranteed in a list so broad that no economic activity is spared.
9 – For businessmen, pure favors. In addition to all the advantages that we told you about, they will have forgiveness of fines and lawsuits for having unregistered employees, tax benefits, discounts on profits with making any “investment” and even a Labor Assistance Fund (FAL) that encourages “financial scams” ​​so that companies raise money to fire people. On top of that, the State will return part of the contributions, that is, it will pay part of the compensation.
10 – Last: Employer contributions to the pension system and social works decrease. In other words, it screws not only the current workers but also the retirees.
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There is more, such as the repeal of the Journalist Statute and other regulations, but it is clear: it is a historic attempt to increase worker exploitation and capitalist profit. To divide us more. To break the solidarity and organization that has allowed us to defend rights, despite the CGT and the union leaders.
And if you are precarious, don’t think that now you are going to get a good job: if they eliminate rights for those who still have them, you can imagine what happens to you. Post.
That is why labor reform has to be a cause of the entire working class, the youth and all the people.
Source: www.laizquierdadiario.com
