The labor counter-reform is the eternal dream of the employers. After the elections, Javier Milei put the labor reformthrough a project presented by deputy Romina Diez.
This is not the first time that the Government has promoted this proposal. When he took office in December 2023, a few weeks later they presented DNU 70/2023 that included a labor chapter with proposals to reduce compensation, attack the right to strike and hold assemblies and be able to fire people more easily. Then the court suspended the application of the labor standards included in the decree.
They want to sweep away more labor rights
Large legal firms specialized in labor law related to the ideas of La Libertad Avanza participated in the preparation of the labor chapter. Among the advisors were Julio Corderowho worked more than 30 years for the Techint Group and is currently the Secretary of Labor of the Government, Miguel Ángel Punte (former Techint) and Federico Sturzenegger.
The labor chapter of DNU 70/23 It was also carried out with contributions from specialists from the private sector, convened by Miguel Ángel Punte, according to the newspaper La Nación. During a good part of the Cambiemos Punte administration, he held the Secretary of Employment, first under the orders of the Minister of Labor, Jorge Triaca and, in the last stretch, in the orbit of the Minister of Production, Dante Sica, until his resignation, in January 2019. He has a work history linked to Rocca since he was Human Resources Manager at Ternium, of the Techint Group.
During the Macrismo Punte openly said what the employers think. The official stated that “the possibility of entering and leaving the labor market is its essence; it is like eating and uneating.” He made it clear that They want a labor market that allows employers to have workers as they wish, without any “obstacles.”
Punte also gave his opinion on the joint ventures and assured that they should be negotiated according to the possibilities of each company. In line with this statement, Cordero speaks of “dynamic salaries” so that joint ventures are negotiated by companies and tied to productivity. The loss of purchasing power of salaries in recent years, which deepened under the Milei government, is being swept under the rug.
Sturzenegger’s record is better known. He is a former official of Menem, De la Rúa and Macri. Under the De la Rúa government, another chapter of public debt was carried out with the “mega swap”, a fraudulent operation carried out in complicity with Domingo Cavallo that, among other things, ended in the crisis of December 2001.
The government’s argument to promote labor reform is the same as always. An attempt is made to convince that moving forward in this direction there will be more employment. However, the result of these policies that have already been applied has always been worse working conditions for workers, as well as looting and emptying of the country.
In fact, behind this story is the need for big businessmen to impose a lowering of the labor force to ensure the continuity of profits and the perpetuity of profit leaks and remittances. We must prepare to defeat the pro-employer reforms proposed by the government.
Source: www.laizquierdadiario.com
