From 8 in the morning drivers belonging to the UTA began to concentrate in the vicinity of the Pueyrredón bridge, in Avellaneda. This is the first force of force announced for Friday, which will continue with a new mobilization between 16 and 18 hoursalso in Pueyrredón Puente.
There was a strong operation of the National Prefecture and the Federal Police in the protest, in which workers from Lines 148, 60, 1190, 278, 12, 298, 29, 55, 18, 306, 39, 247, 96, 12, 119.
After 10, the prefecture advanced against workers, with blows, push -ups and pepper gas. Despite that, the drivers remain firm for their claim.
Lucho Aguilar reported from the place:
From the Pueyrredón bridge, @Lucho_aguilar2 Tell how this day of the drivers’ struggle follows, which far from intimidating after repression, prepare for new protests this afternoon. pic.twitter.com/zMBQxvxKg1
– The newspaper (@IZYDIARIOS) May 16, 2025
The prefecture advances with pepper gas against drivers of the UTA that manifests in Avellaneda, meters from the Pueyrredón bridge because the direction of its union agreed with the companies a salary agreement that is, according to them, “a miserable mockery.” pic.twitter.com/O3iRjdyofa
– The newspaper (@IZYDIARIOS) May 16, 2025
The daily left It was present at the scene and spoke with drivers who are fighting: “Our claim is for reopening of parity. There is a strong operation but we will continue to carry out our claim, and partners of southern, west and north zone are present.” “Nobody is not savedwe have to make workers unity. You have to press the CGT to move and unit with all those who are fighting on the street “.
“No one is not saved, we have to do unity of the workers who are fighting on the street. You have to press the CGT so that it also moves,” Bonifacio Espinoza denounces pic.twitter.com/A0BHxl2fj1
– The newspaper (@IZYDIARIOS) May 16, 2025
“They gave order to the Federal Police to advance, and A Federal Police came from behind, he pointed at two centimeters and emptied a pepper gas in the eye. I am not surprised by this repression for what we see that we go through Congress and the police itself pits retirees. They are to hit the workers and retirees. We are bringing the claim in which Milei interceded, Caputo in our salaries. We have unions, assemblies, delegates, and we have to handle the peers, not the State. From now on There may be accidents everywhere because the colleagues work more than 10 hours to take a plate of food to their home“Carlos Zaragoza, delegate of Line 60, denounced.
Another of the workers said, in dialogue with Lid: “I work 26 years ago, I charge 1,200,000, I have to do Uber or other activity to reach the end of the month. Payment $ 400,000 for rent. We demand a decent salary because it is a disaster as we live. We will continue in a fight plan and this is not going to end until there is a parity according to a decent salary for workers. “
UTA drivers cut access to #Puentepueyrredon in repudiation of the salary agreement of Fernández with the employers and the government. Obviously Bullrich puts the prefecture pic.twitter.com/LzTeQAe8F2
— FL (@flizarrague) May 16, 2025
The mobilizations occur after leaders of the UTA headed by Roberto Fernández agreed a salary rise of 7%, considered a mockery by the drivers, who do not accept a sum that is far behind the lost month to month due to increases in food prices, clothing, rentals, transport and other basic items of every family economy.
Faced with this situation, a statement signed by bodies of delegates and workers from different lines was disseminated where they denounced “an energetic repudiation of the signed salary agreement, which represents a lack of respect.”
The drivers are not alone: in Avellaneda they are accompanied by rail workers, workers of the Shell oil company who fight for their return and university students in the southern zone, among others. These are the class groups have been supporting the “rebellion of the bases” in the UTA, supporting the fight for “a basic salary of 2 million, without extras”, as they say in many lines. For that, the organization from below, against the betrayal of Fernández and Cía. With the coordination of all the lines, where the delegates participate with the mandates of the base assemblies of each company. The anger is, the force too, there are millions looking at the struggle of the Uta, if the drivers win we will hit the salary stock of Milei.
Workers from different groups of groups in the southern zone of Greater Buenos Aires convened a protest day at the Pueyrredón bridge before a salary offer that agreed the union and considers “miserable” and a “mockery of negotiation.” pic.twitter.com/m7NdULcnZV
– The newspaper (@IZYDIARIOS) May 16, 2025
Source: www.laizquierdadiario.com
