The Ministry of Human Capital notified about 2000 workers from the Secretariat of Childhood, Adolescence, and Family (SENAF) about their dismissal or availability transfer, of which 1000 are permanent staff. Among those affected is all personnel from the National Emergency Directorate. Additionally, over 200 employees allegedly had false charges fabricated against them to avoid the payment of severance pay.
In this context, the immediate reinstatement of the dismissed workers is demanded, and the restoration of tasks aimed at cleaning the basin and defending the quality of life of its inhabitants. The press, social and environmental organizations, and the community at large have been invited to a solidarity action to be held next Wednesday, March 5, at Esmeralda 255 (CABA), the central headquarters of ACUMAR.
"A company can pollute a river as much as it wants," expressed Javier Milei during the closing of the Argentine Economic Congress. On the other hand, Rodolfo Aguiar, General Secretary of ATE Nacional, stated: "The real criminals are you, and you act with malice."
It has been reported that the layoffs and the reorganization of the Secretariat of Childhood, Adolescence, and Family would be a consequence of decree 151/25, not yet published in the Official Gazette and bearing the signatures of Sandra Pettovello, Javier Milei, and Minister of Justice Mariano Cáneo Libarona.
The dismantling of the institution could result in a severe impact on the comprehensive sanitation plan, halting monitoring work on environmental quality, controlling polluting companies, waste management, flood prevention, health and environmental education, housing, and community strengthening in a territory with over 8 million inhabitants.
Workers pointed out that progress is being made in dismantling the agency, violating the ACUMAR collective agreement that contemplates relocation due to restructuring in its job stability clause. Numerous mobilizations are anticipated in response to the layoffs, jeopardizing the sanitation of the Matanza-Riachuelo basin.
At midnight on Friday, February 28, more than 400 workers were laid off under the management of Lucas Figueras, following other notifications in ACUMAR, the Secretariat of Tourism, Environment, and Sports, and in Public Works of the National Architecture Directorate, among other sectors. The layoffs were conducted via email without the possibility of obtaining clear responses from the administration.
