The Chief of Cabinet of Argentina, Guillermo Francos, spoke out to denounce an organized campaign to discredit the labor reform that the Government is promoting. Specifically, Francos referred to the rumors and disinformation circulating about the scope of the proposal, citing the supposed attempt to extend the working day as an example, a version he categorically dismissed. In an interview with Radio Rivadavia, the official denied the most controversial rumors about the reform. The Chief of Cabinet pointed out that “the relationship in a large company, like a steel mill, is totally different from what a workshop far from the country's center has that hires a worker and cannot possibly meet that condition, that has to be modified”, emphasizing the need for a regulation that addresses the particularities of different sectors. The official argued that “there are some collective agreements that are 50 years old and clearly the relationship of work has totally changed”. Francos was emphatic in qualifying these versions as absurd and biased: “There is a campaign about this that has no basis, that of 12 or 13 hours the working day is madness, it is a way to spoil a reform proposal that, of course, does not contain any of that”. Then, he stressed the need to avoid a boycott, stating that “one should not spoil a possibility of reform generating myths and beliefs that it is done to take away rights from the worker, absolutely not”. Guillermo Francos. The truth behind the labor reform. The Chief of Cabinet explained that the real objective of the reform that the Executive branch will promote is to modernize and dynamize the labor market to “generate more competitiveness for the business sector without taking away rights, and to try to make the labor relationship easier”.
