Buenos Aires, Feb 9 (NA) — The unions of the Argentine Confederation of Transport Workers (CATT) announced on Monday a work stoppage for Wednesday starting at 1 PM, but not a general strike, so that their workers can participate in the march to Congress against the government's labor reform.
The measure includes unions such as Truck Drivers, Aviation and Port Workers, but not bus drivers from the UTA, which is not part of CATT. However, the organization led by Roberto Fernández is facing a salary conflict in the interior and could halt the circulation of vehicles outside the AMBA area on Tuesday if the back wages are not deposited.
CATT held a press conference calling on all its union organizations to mobilize next Wednesday at the Plaza del Congress, within the framework of the protest day against the labor reform that the CGT set for the day the legislative debate begins in the Senate.
To ensure worker participation in the mobilization, CATT announced they will cease activities from 1 PM in the air, sea, port, and subway sectors, as detailed in a communiqué obtained by the Argentine News Agency.
The entity warned that this government project "constitutes a regressive reform," as it "dangerously advances over rights conquered by workers over decades of struggle."
In this sense, they stated that it is an initiative that seeks "to precarious working conditions, flexibly schedules, weaken labor stability, and erode the social protection system, for the exclusive benefit of the concentrated sectors of the economy."
In line with this, Juan Carlos Schmid, CATT's general secretary, reiterated his rejection of the reform for "attacking constitutional rights," "violating many international agreements established by the International Labor Organization," and because it "decidedly favors the business sector."
For his part, Juan Pablo Brey, CATT's union secretary, expressed that "on Wednesday we have to leave everything behind because we don't have many more opportunities, mobilize everything and affect the necessary services to make noise from this federation."
