Union leadership has stated that they are ready to dialogue on labor reform issues, but insist on the preservation of collective bargaining agreements. "We are clear that some jobs require modernization, but we advocate for collective labor agreements, and that is what we are willing to discuss to the extent that it is reasonable," a union representative noted. He also emphasized that the unions base their stance on the reforms announced by the government, not on inventions of their own. "The challenge is very great, and we are clear that our will alone is not enough; it is necessary to build a table with a common agenda to discuss the issues," he said in an interview with Radio Rivadavia. At the same time, he added: "We neither deny nor invisibilize the sector that is unfortunately in the informal economy; they are no less workers, and we want them to regain their dignity: their social security, their salary under a collective agreement." As for the severance fund, the government implemented it through the modification it made, however, most sectors do not apply it today, which means that the sectors do not see it as a useful tool. "We have the obligation to sit down to dialogue, but sitting down does not mean accepting things," he stated. "We are in a very difficult moment, people are not doing well, and one of the things we have to convey is certainty, so that workers can keep their jobs and make it to the end of the month," he asserted. The union leader also said: "The responsibility that falls on us is to leave the door open for social dialogue, the issue is that it is a dialogue in which we can agree, not one of imposition." "We try to exhaust all instances, but we do not rule out forceful measures." The CGT voted on Wednesday for the new triumvirate of the central, which will be composed by Jerónimo, Jorge Sola and Octavio Arguello and will lead the organization until 2029. The new member of the CGT triumvirate, Cristian Jerónimo, assured today that from the labor center they want "workers to regain their dignity," while advocating for the construction of "a fairer society." "Everything that is a regressive reform with a loss of rights, of course we are not in agreement: the issue of 12-hour workdays is a settled discussion in the world and here they come to discuss the 12-hour day, productivity hours, accumulation of hours. If the President wants to resemble first-world countries, he must respect the forms used in the first world." "Today there is a comrade, Gerardo Martínez, sitting at the May Table. That says we are willing to talk," Jerónimo stressed and then said: "Each activity interprets its activities better."
