The "small table" of the CGT announced this Thursday that unionism is going to "stand firm" against the labor reform promoted by the Government after its victory in the legislative elections, while resolving its internal conflict ahead of the triumvirate's renewal on November 5. "There were speeches against the Government and a defense of labor rights, all along those lines," sources aware of the rally told the Argentine News Agency. The rally lasted more than three hours and was held at the Uocra headquarters. Union leaders, led by the triumvirs Héctor Daer and Octavio Arguello, as well as the host Gerardo Martínez, also reaffirmed that, regardless of the name changes in the triumvirate, the central organization will "stand firm" against the Government during the debate on labor and tax reforms. Daer had recently advanced that the workers' central will reject the labor reform if it is to "roll back" acquired rights. "If the labor reform is progressive, that's one thing. We have a concept of the progression of rights, but if it is to roll back, there will be no negotiation of any kind," Daer stated in radio interviews. As for the renewal of authorities, on November 5, the CGT congress will be held at the Obras Sanitarias stadium, in a meeting where figures such as Jorge Sola, head of the Insurance union and current spokesperson for the CGT; Cristian Jerónimo, head of the Glassmakers' Union, and Maia Volcovinsky, deputy secretary of the Judiciary union, among others, are positioning themselves. This is a call about which, in any case, none of the parties can risk the results or the dynamics: it is not known if it will be an express meeting or if the union leaders will be locked up all day to reach a decision. There are also doubts as to whether the renewal of authorities will replicate the triumvirate model: leaders like Sola or Juan Carlos Schmid, a former triumvir and head of the CATT, want to return to a unicameral system. According to what this agency was able to find out, if there are no agreements on this point, the most combative sectors do not rule out presenting their own lists of delegates and that the new CGT leadership will be elected by the vote of the members.
