In the industrial belt of the northern zone, layoffs and police control combine as a symbol of the crisis generated by the libertarian government's assumption of power. In the city of Campana, workers from Dálmine Siderca, accompanied by neighbors, students, and social organizations, have been holding protests to denounce the more than 300 layoffs applied by the company from the Techint group in recent months: 200 permanent workers and 100 contractors. "From the moment we started turning at the turnstiles, we began to relate to colleagues from different sectors, human rights organizations, environmental organizations, union collectives, student movements, and we set up a solidarity committee where many sectors aggrieved by the company converged, such as neighbors from neighborhoods that were flooded due to the modification of the Arroyo de la Cruz basin by the Techint Group," said Bentancourt. "The situation is getting worse, colleagues are looking for work, almost none have found it, they don't even call them for interviews, and on top of that it's the end of the year, an even more difficult time," says one of the laid-off workers. The company decided not to reopen it and leave all workers on the street, we were 60, most with families, I am a father of young twins and I am separated," he recalled in an interview with ANDAR. According to Blanco, they were fired under article 247 of the labor law because the company wanted to pay only half of the indemnity. The floods caused by interventions by Tenaris Siderca on the trace and mouth of the Arroyo de la Cruz have affected around 1,200 neighbors in the city, according to local organizations. In this context of enormous social conflict, the unions denounced the national government's economic project, which is leading to the "dismantling of the CAREM project" and the "attempted privatization of the railways and Argentine Nuclear Company", which they consider strategic for the country's energy and scientific production. "But they did not relocate anyone to the plant in Pilar, as we had hoped," described the worker. A few days ago, there was a concentration called by CTA Autónoma, CTA, ATE, CNEA, Fetera, Suteba, Uocra, UPSRA, SUPA, the Association of Retirees of Buenos Aires, La Bancaria, UOM, Uecara, the Chemical Union, and other regional guilds. The Buenos Aires Police carried out illegal intelligence tasks on the protesters, which were reported to the Prosecutor's Office by the Provincial Commission for Memory. "We demand the reinstatement of fired workers, a general increase in salaries and pensions, breaking with the IMF, not paying the external debt, and the expulsion of the Yankees from the Paraná and Atucha". That bad habit of spying These mobilizations were not exempt from repression and even state espionage. Among the companies affected by layoffs or conflicts are KTM, Celulosa, Cameron, Archroma, Clariant, Alpeck, Agrofina, Pampa Energía, Papelera del Plata-Softys, Bayer, Isenbeck, Quilmes, Tenaris Siderca, Toyota, the Campana Municipal Hospital, construction contractors, businesses, CNEA, NA-SA, and various state dependencies. Different guilds return to the "roundabout of the workers", located at the entrance to Zárate and baptized in the winter of 2017 after an encampment, to denounce suspensions, labor precariousness, and company closures. The organization recalled that in recent years a pattern of police intimidation towards popular sectors and workers who mobilize against government measures has deepened. Before the march, members of the Committee had warned the Public Prosecutor's Office about the protest, requesting prevention and safeguard criteria. They also criticized the economic course and the relationship with the IMF: "Between dollar flights, drug trafficking, bribes, and offshore companies, they take everything." "We spoke with the union, UOM, and for a month we set up an encampment at the factory gate so they wouldn't dismantle it, and the case ended with negotiations at the Ministry of Labor until we got them to pay according to article 245, which is the full compensation for dismissal at 100%, and some percentage more." Photo: CTA Autónoma. The industrial belt of northern Zárate-Campana is on fire, where layoffs and police control combine as a symbol of the crisis generated by the libertarian government's assumption of power. This is a measure that affects hundreds of families in the community and has unleashed a wave of protests. However, far from guaranteeing democratic security, the police forces once again deployed a device of control and intimidation. The APDH Zárate-Campana communicated the fact to the Provincial Commission for Memory (CPM), which filed the corresponding criminal complaint so that these illegal intelligence practices are investigated and sanctioned. The company belongs to the Techint group, led by Paolo Rocca, and has historically been one of the main employers in Campana. "We will return to the roundabout to make visible the struggles of the workers, unemployment, and to demand energy sovereignty," stated Damián Strachenko, from the Zárate Light and Power Union. In recent months, more than 300 workers have been laid off from the plant. This filming, carried out without a judicial order or fiscal intervention, constitutes an illegal and persecutory practice that violates the constitutional right to protest. Among the laid-off is Guillermo Bentancourt, an operator with 26 years of seniority and a reference of local union militancy, who has become one of the firmest voices of working-class resistance. Marches were held through the city and an open radio was set up in front of the company's plant that gave voice to the workers' complaints. Thus, a peaceful day of protest turned into an intimidating scenario: officers from the Buenos Aires Police, along with civilians, filmed the protesters and recorded the license plates of the cars participating in the caravan. On Wednesday, September 10, they arrived at the factory and the gate was closed. "A human resources employee was there saying that no one would be able to enter, that the plant was closed." And their armament companies," they emphasized." "Its weakening demonstrates the submission of the national government to the interests of the U.S." "With our money they pay for their parties."