The news aroused a lot of solidarity, dozens of messages from colleagues from the guard, the celebration in the halls of the hospital, in recognition and support of the entire fight given by Agata, and all the companions of the commission of farewell workers, who have been fighting from July last year for his job.
In the midst of deep attacks on public health by the government, national hospitals, the emptying of HIV programs, tuberculosis, sexually transmitted infections, delay in the delivery of oncological medicines, layoffs in PAMI, threats to give of giving The program reproaches down which depends on the health treatments of thousands of people, the attack on the treatments of trans people, transvestites and no binares; The news about the reinstatement of Ágata is a breath of fresh air. Its incorporation is added to another 23 that were achieved from the beginning of the dismissals.
Agata’s dismissal happened in mid -October last year, as part of the public health attacks of the Milei government, which tries to deepen the legacy left by the dictatorship and menemism in the 90s and that no government modified, in relation to precarization, emptying and privatization of the health system.
Solidarity and organization did not wait, from the first moment assemblies were held at the hospital, the new batch of 30 dismissed joined the more than 120 that had happened in early 2024 and joined the commission of dismissals that were He had formed in July, to think about an action plan from below and demand the majority unions of the hospital to take the fight for their reincorporation in their hands. And the necessary unit with the residents who were also fighting for their salary.
The absence of ATE and UPCN throughout this hard fight was notorious, being the Association of Professionals/Cicop Htal Posadas, the only hospital guild that was accompanying the farewells in each instance, even despite the isolation and isolation and attacks that are suffering from the Provincial Directorate of the Guild.
Organizing from below, the dismissed, began to weave bridges with other struggle sectors that also sought to face the plans of this government. Thus they received the support of students from the UNAHUR, one, one, UBA, among others and were part of the huge student assembly that stood up to defend public universities, because the fight is one. Teachers also solidarity, the west neighborhood assemblies, residents and users of the Patient Commission of the Posadas, as well as other health workers such as the Paroissien Hospital, the Garrahan and Bonaparte in struggle, the health and care post and municipal workers of The killing that they also fight for their working conditions as in the HTAL. Germani or against the emptying of the only public psychophysical rehabilitation center such as cemefir.
They also received support from autoconvocated neighbors against pollution in Klaukol, from retirees that all Wednesdays become present at the doors of Congress to claim for their misery retirements. Within the Congress, they were invited to the Health Commission and received the support of deputies and deputies of different political blocks, highlighting in particular the support of the Left Front Unit, of Myriam Bregman and Nicolas del Caño, among others. They were also in the Deliberative Councils of La Matanza, José C. Paz and Moreno.
From the farewell commission, they were present in various media, giving interviews to disseminate what was happening emphasizing especially how layoffs affect the care and access to the health of the population, being the inns one of the Most important reference centers in the whole country and in the west, based on the lack of resources and professionals in the region that makes many treatments that should be guaranteed at the community level are carried out only in said hospital.
They wove actions from below all kinds: rounds to make the dismissals and emptying at the entrance of the hospital as the outstanding of January 30; They mobilized in solidarity with various conflicts of tire workers alongside the Sutna, Raroviarios and workers of Shell, as well as national state state fundamental contribution to sustain themselves throughout these months. And not to mention that they were part of the Assembly of Parque Lezama and the huge anti -fascist and anti -agist march of the 1F next to the LGBTIQ+ collective and all those aggrieved by the ongoing adjustment and the attack on democratic freedoms.
They also organized a festival that brought together dozens of solidarity artists with the defense of public health as well as highlights of well -known bands as the violinists of love and two minutes. Hundreds of initiatives and actions that laid the basis of a unit and coordination in the streets, to face what is coming, because fighting separately the only one that benefits is Milei and its accomplices.
Agata reinstatement to his job, adds to Tatiana’s recent, cardiologist. It was the product of all these raised fights, by the hand of the support and accompaniment of Ceprodh’s lawyers, such as Roberto Torres, who played a key role in the legal defense of their workplace, finally obtaining a favorable ruling.
In his own words, Agata Elsessser, who is also a militant of the Marron Health (PTS+independent) group, referred to this means that “returning to my job, which I hold 11 years ago, fills me with emotion. All these days there were multiple congratulations received from those who were banking this fight and I want to thank them with all my heart. ” He added: “This does not end here, we will continue on a fight until all the farewell companions that continue fighting for their job, denouncing the closure of care spaces such as the diversity office for childhoods and adolescents, because health, because health, because health public defends itself and is demonstrated that fighting serves. The key is unity and coordination from below to build the force we need to stop this government and put in the center what the popular workers and sectors need. ”
A few days ago from the farewell commission they convened a meeting to stand a new solidarity festival in defense of public health towards mid -March in the West Auditorium, in which workers laid off from the Sommer participated, colleagues from the Cabret de Lujan, Members of the JI of ATE and Cicop del Htal. From Moreno, retirees, territorial groups, students, among Otres. They were then present last Thursday at the HTAL. Garrahan at the Coordination Meeting that summoned more than 80 workers’ and user organizations to build a large federal march in defense of public health that will be next 27/02, of the Ministry of Health towards Plaza de Mayo, open to all the sectors that have been fighting against Milei’s adjustment plan and demand a general strike from the CGT and the CTA. The fight continues.
Source: www.laizquierdadiario.com
