After knowing the official figure of the consumer price index that disseminates INDEC, many were the specialists who questioned the methodology used to measure and indicated a political use of the government. Something sounds weird in government numbers, which despite advancing in important tariffs in electricity, gas, water, transport, health and communications insists on showing the “success” of its economic plan from this measurement.
Among those who joined the questions were more than 30 unions (some enrolled in the CGT and others in the CTA) that issued a joint statement pointing out that “the data published by INDEC does not reflect the reality of the workers.” In the text, they indicate that “a outdated method is being used that hides that the purchasing power of wages was reduced 50% in recent years” and warn that “The government does not dare to modify it because it would reveal that inflation is greater than the published one”.
“Most specialists agree that there was a lag close to 15% (against salaries) between official data and inflation suffered in 2014, and has logic,” says the document. And he asks: “Is it the same to measure the weight of public services with subsidies as without them? Or the impact of rents with annual increases scheduled that with ‘free’ increases every three months?
The document ends by highlighting the differences “between reality and official drawing” and pointing out: “We need to unite to repair this injustice.” However, the correct complaint that develops the text contrasts very strongly with the attitude that many of the unions that added their firm had throughout the first year of the Government of Milei and that continue to maintain until today. Guilds that, either because of its weight in economic activity (such as the bank or the subway union) or by its extension (such as ATE), they could play an important role in facing openly and in the streets the measures of the government and stopping the hand to attacks that increasingly impoverish those who live from their work.
36 unions go out to cross the measurement of INDEC inflation.
“Inflation data do not match the impact on our pockets”
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However, words are far from actions. Despite separating from the openly collaborationist attitude from an important part of trade unionism referenced in the “Gordos” sector of the CGT, criticisms end in a long list of documents and manifestos, but they are far from organizing that anger and discontent that They describe to prepare measures at the height of the ongoing attacks.
Without going any further, the call of the “Resistance March” organized for this Friday by referents such as Catalan (ATA-Capital), Yasky (CTA), Pianelli (AGTSYP) or Baradel (Suteb The union devices of which very few learned, in another bureaucratic action that pursues as the sole purpose of showing a photo of unity that goes hand in hand with the electoral strategy of the Peronism of a “great anti milei front”.
Days ago, the head of ATE Capital was clear in this same direction when in dialogue with the medium the scream of the south assured that “an isolated strike of a resistance project makes no sense” and pointed out: “The possibility of transformation is that We can build a political front that allows us to free ourselves from fascism. ”
Again, words are far from the facts. It sounds unbelievable to talk about “freeing itself from fascism” while Peronism negotiates in Congress with the Government, as it was demonstrated again this week, and guarantees that progress with projects that can end up strengthening it as the suspension of the step or in the appointment of Judge Lijo for the Supreme Court. And at the same time, the electoral strategy of a great opposition front is a traced repetition of what ended in 2019 with the candidacy of Alberto Fernández, which included many of Macri’s key allies, and which ended in the disastrous experience of the front of all that paved the way to Milei’s ultra -right.
The recent experience shows that the advances and setbacks in the rights and conquests of the workers are not played in the offices and in the electoral thread in which all Peronism is involved, speculating that Milei pays the cost of the adjustment, but In the unit in the streets to defeat with mobilization and fight all attacks. That is the only possible “resistance project”.
Source: www.laizquierdadiario.com
