Buenos Aires, February 3 (NA) – The Confederation of Industrial Unions of the Argentine Republic (CSIRA) will hold a meeting tomorrow to debate the labor reform promoted by the national government. The meeting will take place on the 10th floor of the central headquarters of the SMATA union, located at Avenida Belgrano 665 in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, with the participation of the members of the entity's Board of Directors. According to the Argentine News Agency, those present will include the general secretary of CSIRA, Ricardo Pignanelli (SMATA); the assistant secretary, Soledad Calle (UOM); the union secretary, Hugo Enrique Benítez (AOTRA); and the Institutional Relations secretary, Juan Antonio Speroni (SAON). Also attending will be the Finance secretary, Pablo Flores (ARCA); the Social Action secretary, Néstor José Genta (ATSA North Zone); the Administrative secretary, Agustín Amicone (UTICRA); the Minutes secretary, Raúl Delgado Quiñones (SUETRA); and the Legal and Technical secretary, Héctor Laplace (AOMA). Completing the list of participants are the Health, Prevention, and Environment secretary, Domingo José Moreyra (FOCRA); the Press secretary, Héctor Ponce (ATILRA); the Training and Professional Development secretary, Gerardo Martínez (UOCRA); and the Interior secretary, Rubén Lafuente Saibén (UOMA), among others. CSIRA brings together more than 30 industrial unions across the country, aiming to protect national production and industrial employment against adjustment economic policies. The organization has been denouncing a process of “induced deindustrialization” and “industriocide” affecting the Argentine economy, with thousands of jobs lost and the closure of hundreds of SMEs.
