Pablo Moyano resigned this Friday from leading the CGT. “I resign because I do not agree with the measures of the so-called small table”he stated in a brief letter to the board of directors.
The latest disagreement was after the majority of the board of directors rejected his proposal to move forward with the third general strike against the management of Javier Milei. The answer was sung, but it served as the basis for this decision.
Moyano was part of the triumvirate since 2021, when a Congress where he did not participate voted him as general secretary along with Héctor Daer (who represents the Gordos and independents) and Carlos Acuña (Luis Barrionuevo’s chicken). During these years there was no shortage of nuances, but the policy was only one: no forceful measures during the Fernández and Kirchner government, a strong campaign for Massa’s candidacy and an attitude towards the government that was far from his denunciations of Milei’s anti-worker and anti-national character. Although the CGT carried out marches, a strike in January and another strong measure in May, which expressed anger with the adjustment, after that measure it ended up sealing a truce with the government, which included the Base Law and a unilateral social peace.
During these months Moyano differentiated himself, as Camioneros always did within the CGT. But he never broke that CGT policy, It is worth remembering that it is part of the line of the majority of the PJ. In November he led a national transport strike, or a large part of it, which once again showed the possibility of organizing large actions in opposition to the government, but which are only called to negotiate the level of the attacks (joint unions, airlines, social works ), but not to defeat the plan. The mobilization against the Bases Law together with other unions aligned with Kirchnerism, without a strike and without entering the square, differentiated it from the attitude of the rest of the CGT, but it did not move the ammeter to the decision of Milei and Bullrich.
In short, measures taken bureaucratically, isolated and without implementing a fighting plan that Moyano himself repeated many times that they were going to carry out. Immediately, Moyano is announcing the possibility of calling for a new transport strike in December, along with other sectors. Also from an event in Plaza de Mayo, together with the CTA, after call off the Federal March. If so, it may be a statement by sectors opposed to the government, including union Peronism, but not an action of struggle that worries the government.
In the medium term, many wonder if Moyano seeks to revive the MTA (Movement of Argentine Workers), the space founded in 1994 by Hugo Moyano and Juan Manuel Palacios. (UTA) to “recover the CGT for the workers and Peronism for the people.”
The MTA was part of the “Federal March” and important strikes called by unions due to the increase in unemployment and hunger. In those years, Moyanismo earned its reputation as a rebellious sector within Peronist unionism. However, his main political role was to channel that anger, so that when the outbreak came it would not have an independent outlet, outside of the bipartisan system of that time. The country has changed, but the great debates remain the same.
In the coming weeks some of these issues will surely be revealed. Others will have to wait until next year. But one thing is certain: If Moyanismo says that it wants to confront the right, confront Milei’s plan, it has to call assemblies in the unions that it directs or has weight, as well as promote the broadest mobilization in each province and city. The recovery of wages, the rejection of layoffs and privatizations, the defense of the right to strike and protest, are widespread demands that merit calling for national, unitary and forceful measures of force.
The left will be in each of those fights, with its own flags.
Source: www.laizquierdadiario.com
