We had been proposing it and they were saying no, that it was for new workers. With very delicate issues for the world of work," warned the union leader. "Any law applies to everyone," stated Jerónimo in radio statements. The central point of the dispute is whether the "labor modernization" will only affect future hires or if it will govern all existing labor relations. Various government spokesmen had tried to lower the tone, ensuring that the initiative would only apply to contracts agreed upon after its sanction. Jerónimo warned that Sturzenegger's statements demonstrate that the ruling party is "lying" about the scope of the reform. "He just had a moment of candor and his unconscious betrayed him. When things are imposed by force, they turn out badly," he concluded. #AgenciaNA "The project is settling into something we were already seeing because they had let it transpire. Buenos Aires, December 13 (NA) -- The political controversy over the labor reform promoted by the government escalated after the Minister of Transformation and Deregulation of the State, Federico Sturzenegger, suggested that the legislation would have retroactive effect, contradicting previous statements by other officials. Cristian Jerónimo, one of the triumvirs of the CGT (General Confederation of Labor), responded to the minister, accusing him of a "slip of the tongue" that exposed the real intentions of the Executive. "Regressive" and "by imposition" The union leader criticized the initiative, calling it "regressive" and reaffirming the CGT's position: it is a "removal of individual and collective rights". IP The triumvir clarified that, although the labor center had initially participated in the Council of May (the reform's advisory body) through Gerardo Martínez (UOCRA), it withdrew as soon as they began to raise "illogical things". Jerónimo emphasized that the labor movement is willing to debate the modernization of the world of work but rejected the way it is being carried out: "We are willing to have that discussion, but not by imposition."
