Buenos Aires, December 11 (NA) – The two main trade union centrals, CTA de los Trabajadores (CTA-T) and CTA Autónoma (CTA-A), expressed their absolute rejection this Wednesday of the Labor Modernization Bill sent by the Government to the Senate. They stated that the initiative “modernizes nothing” and is instead “a reform drafted by law firms of large business groups.” According to the released document, the CTA maintains that the official proposal weakens fundamental rights, facilitates labor fraud by affecting the presumption of an employment relationship, promotes “irresponsible” outsourcing, enables dynamic wages that “destroy stability,” and cheapens dismissals at the State's expense, with a negative impact on the pension system. They also point out that it violates constitutional guarantees such as vacations, working hours, and union action. The centrals warned that the reform “will deepen informality, reduce purchasing power, and worsen the economic crisis,” considering it responds to a “model that prioritizes the interests of big capital over a productive and integrated country.” In parallel, the CTA held meetings with the Unión por la Patria senators' bloc, led by José Mayans and Juliana Di Tullio, and previously with deputies from the same space, to coordinate strategies to reject the package of laws pushed by the ruling party. Finally, both organizations announced they have declared a permanent state of mobilization and called for a march on December 18 at Plaza de Mayo and in all squares of the country, alongside the CGT, to demand the parliamentary rejection of the initiative. The communiqué is signed by Hugo “Cachorro” Godoy, general secretary of CTA-A, and Hugo Yasky, general secretary of CTA-T.
