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Transport unions unite to pressure the CGT for an “urgent” protest against the Government - Infobae
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Los sindicatos del transporte se unen para presionar a la CGT por una “urgente” protesta contra el Gobierno
Los gremios moyanistas de la CATT debatirán el 26 de este mes una estrategia más dura durante un plenario, mientras que sus rivales de la UGATT, con quienes están en contacto, harán un encuentro previo, el 20, junto al sector de Luis Barrionuevo
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March 15, 2024
The Moyanist unions of the CATT will debate a tougher strategy on the 26th of this month during a plenary session, while their rivals from the UGATT, with whom they are in contact, will hold a previous meeting, on the 20th, together with Luis Barrionuevo's sector.
Moyanista transport unions enrolled in the CATT will debate on the 20th a new protest against the government of Javier Milei
The transport unions are divided for political and personal reasons, but they have already begun to act together to pressure the CGT: they demand that another forceful measure be decided urgently against the government of Javier Milei, amid criticism of the lack of meetings of the labor union and the lack of definition regarding the continuity of the struggle plan initiated on January 24.
The co-head of the CGT Pablo Moyano (Truckers) anticipated last week that the labor union could carry out its second general strike against the Government at the end of March or beginning of April, but the announcement was made in a personal capacity, without the endorsement of its members. colleagues: the Cegetista Board of Directors has not met since before the strike with mobilization last January and only the entity's small board had an informal meeting at the end of February to analyze the socioeconomic situation.
Until now, the CGT's strategy was to prioritize the protests initiated individually by each union against the adjustment and reform of the State promoted by the libertarian government, but the discomfort of the union leadership has already begun to complicate the deadlines imposed by the cegetist driving.
Carlos Acuña and Omar Maturano, two of the leaders of the UGATT
In the last hours, bridges were built between the Confederation of Transport Workers (CATT), dominated by Moyanism through Pablo Moyano and Sergio Sasia (Railway Union), and the General Union of Transport Workers Associations (UGATT), which was revived in 2022 to compete with that group and which includes anti-Moyanists such as Omar Maturano (La Fraternidad) and Roberto Fernández (UTA) and the barrionuevista Carlos Acuña (service stations).
The link between both entities was the head of the Dredging and Beaconing Union, Juan Carlos Schmid, deputy secretary of the CATT, who contacted Maturano, one of the union leaders most in conflict with the Milei government (La Fraternidad, the union that leader, carried out a 24-hour strike on February 21 to demand a salary increase). The idea is to coordinate efforts to carry out as soon as possible a measure of force in demand of “free parity” (they complain that the Ministry of Labor is not standardizing salary agreements), the repeal of DNU 70, the solution to the problem of retirees and against the restitution of Income Tax.
Given the “passivity” of the CGT, Maturano shared a barbecue this Thursday with Carlos Acuña, co-head of the CGT and member of UGATT, and the leader of the Gastronomic Union, Luis Barrionuevo: they spoke about the need to move forward with a national protest and They will debate it next Wednesday with leaders of some 70 unions (including those of the CGT Azul y Blanca led by Barrionuevo) at a union campsite located in the province of Buenos Aires.
The Aircraft Union, led by Juan Pablo Brey, came closer to carrying out a measure of force
In line with this initiative, the Moyanista unions that make up the CATT will hold a plenary session on the 26th of this month at the headquarters of the Taxi Workers Union, at 1500 La Plata Avenue, to discuss their strategy . It is organized by unions such as Truckers; the Association of Airline Pilots (APLA), led by Pablo Biró; the Argentine Aircraft Association (AAA), headed by Juan Pablo Brey; the Union of United Maritime Workers (SOMU), whose head is Raúl Durdos, and the Union of Road and Related Workers of Argentina, led by Graciela Aleña, among others.
The pilots' union was one of those that carried out the aeronautical strike on February 28, which caused disruption for more than 20,000 passengers, and now the airmen 's union held an extraordinary meeting this Wednesday in which it declared itself in a "state of alert." and mobilization" and could organize protests imminently: it empowered its leadership, led by Brey, to apply "a plan of struggle and take the union measures that it deems appropriate in the face of the complex scenario that our sector and, particularly, our flag airline.”
Despite the gestures of unity in transportation, there are evident fissures in the leadership: at the barbecue chaired by Maturano, the Press Secretary of the Automotive Tram Union (UTA), Mario Calegari, warned that he will not join “with the traitors.” , in reference to last week's meeting between CATT members such as Pablo Moyano and Néstor Segovia, deputy secretary of the metrodelegates, with whom that union maintains a fierce dispute over the representation of subway workers. That is why this “unity in action” between the CATT and the UGATT can prosper due to the degree of resistance to the Government's policies, but it does not disguise internal conflicts.
