Buenos Aires, March 8 (NA) – Without a clear compass after the summer sessions where the labor reform was passed, and with internal communication cut off, the CGT is betting on the remaining political capital it has (a lot or a little) to stop the law in the courts. To do this, it has already taken the first step: the opaque filing of an injunction in the Federal Administrative Court No. 7 to nullify the decision to transfer Labor Jurisdiction from the national level to that of the City of Buenos Aires, a provision that had been included in the package passed by Congress. And not much more. With the reform passed by Congress, it is unlikely that the highest court will reopen this case. IP No news on the other front. Meanwhile, the opposition bloc of unions, led by the UOM, Aceiteros, APLA, and ATE, is currently inactive. But union leaders have a reason to be optimistic: in January 2024, the courts suspended the labor chapter of the famous decree 70/23, which contained several points that ended up in the reform passed in February, so the CGT believes that if the judges follow the same criterion in protecting rights, the result should not vary too much. Example: that decree 70/23, which President Javier Milei presented on national television shortly after taking office, already included the 'bank of hours,' which modifies workers' schedules according to the employer's demand, and also restricted the right to strike by obligating the fulfillment of functions in 75% for activities considered essential. The Supreme Court, to which the case went after the government appealed the adverse ruling, never resolved the dispute. In the labor organization, they are clear that after the political defeat in Congress, the next two fronts will be the judicial and the street. Jorge Sola, cosecretario general de la CGT. (Photo: NA Archive) ATE, for its part, attended the last Friday's meeting for public sector employees and rejected the 2.2 percent increase for February offered by the Government, a figure that UPCN, one of the strong unions of the CGT, did accept. #AgencyNA With the two demonstrations held in Rosario and Córdoba, in addition to the march to the Congress on Friday, February 27, when the law was passed, the opposition bloc seems to have been left empty-handed. Some union bosses like Cristian Jerónimo, one of the triumvirs along with Jorge Sola and Octavio Argüello, have interrupted communication with their own ranks in Azopardo. A sign of the state of disorientation in which the central finds itself after the setback that meant the approval of the law? 'Chaos reigns,' union sources told the Argentine News Agency.
