Many Trotskyist-oriented unions will enter the game and the conversation. From now on, it will be possible to seriously see who is who in the union world and whether they properly defend their workers in a labor world that has decisively entered the 21st century and has retired the one that knew the 20th century. Not all are organized and structured like UPSAFIP to discuss salaries together with the AEFIP guild or SUPARA. The cases. Data is scarce even in the Secretariat of Labor. “There is a lot of concern among members about the continuity and income of ARCA workers, and that is our main mission,” warned. But he also added that “we will be protagonists in the defense of our affiliates, we will have transparent collective bargaining, so that the affiliate of our union can recognize without fine print what happens in the negotiations because, at least in this sector of the world of work”. CGT rejected the sanctions against the Brotherhood and the UTA for having participated in the national strike. Discussions on salaries will open the doors to many unions that today are dominated by leaders further removed from the justicialist doctrine of the 62 Organizations. But the missile sent from the offices of the Casa Rosada has as much destructive power for the labor structure conceived by Juan Domingo Perón as those that fall in the war between the United States and Iran. Labor reform: CGT filed an injunction to stop the transfer of the Work Foro to the City. The libertarian labor reform leaves behind the concept of “unicato” unionism that held power in a centralized manner and strips it of powers in collective bargaining, collective labor agreements, the right to strike, union foros and assemblies. From now on, unions with “simple registration” will be able to sit with employers to negotiate for income increases. Buenos Aires, March 7 (NA) – The UPSAFIP union representing the hierarchical personnel of the revenue agency (ARCA), led by the leader of the 62 Peronist Organizations Julio Estévez (h), is the first union with simple registration to announce that it will begin to participate in collective bargaining meetings, in this case at the national level, to “legally represent” the collective interests of its nearly 2000 affiliates, as learned by the Argentine News Agency. Although the regulation of Law No. 27802 on Labor Modernization will be judicialized as announced by the CGT, the administration of Javier Milei decided to end the monopoly of union representation to negotiate salary increases for workers in each branch of activity. This is one of the main reasons why the leadership of the central labor confederation will file a complaint with the labor courts. Julio Estévez (h) explained to the Argentine News Agency that it will be essential to defend the career and labor stability in times of the chainsaw. During the presidencies of Mauricio Macri and Alberto Fernández, and before the pandemic, there were 1,672 unions with guild status, that is, they can intervene in collective bargaining and manage their own social works, as established by Law 23.551 of 1988; while the remaining 1,717 had simple guild registration. These will now be able to discuss the income of their affiliates, producing a revolution in representation and union democratization to a level that can only be measured with the passage of time. What's next. In the case of ARCA, the UPSAFIP union has already decided on the items on which they will sit down to negotiate with the State. And there are not many.
First Union with Simple Registration Begins Salary Negotiations in Argentina
A new era in labor relations begins in Argentina. The UPSAFIP union has become the first with 'simple registration' to participate in salary negotiations, marking the end of large unions' monopoly. This decision by the government of Javier Milei has caused serious concern in the CGT and could lead to significant changes in the representation of workers' interests.