The State Workers' Association (ATE) confirmed on Monday a 24-hour strike for Wednesday with a march to Congress, demanding that senators reject the labor reform bill. In doing so, the union called on workers to 'strike anyway,' even if the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) had not called for a general strike. At a delegates' plenary session, the union's general secretary, Rodolfo Aguiar, stated that 'we have to strike anyway. The authorities endorsing this reform are signing their own death sentence and that of their provinces.' 'Senators should defend the interests of the people and not be the lackeys of four or five big businessmen,' he added. 'Even if one of the labor centers did not call for a strike, it is still legal. All public sector workers and workers in various private sectors are covered because the Argentine Workers' Confederations (CTA) have legal status,' Aguiar clarified. 'For Aguiar, 'it would be a serious mistake to deprive workers of the right to strike in the face of a devastating labor reform,' the state leader noted in a statement accessed by the Argentine News Agency. The ATE concentration will begin at 12 at the corner of Bernardo de Irigoyen and Avenida de Mayo. In this context, the ATE leader pointed out that 'we must paralyze all activities for this Wednesday to prevent bribes in the Senate and put an end to the speculation of the governors. If the reform is approved, we will have regressed more than a hundred years,' Aguiar concluded.
