The strike was decided in a federal plenary of delegates, held in this city to define a plan of struggle against the policies of the Government of Javier Milei.

“We have to continue to confront it on all levels as the only possibility of stopping an adjustment that breaks the entire social and productive fabric. If the conflict increases, we will have an opportunity to recover the salaries and pensions that were taken from us,” said the general secretary of ATE, Rodolfo Aguiar.

In addition, he specified that the surprise demonstrations have the objective of avoiding the growing repression unleashed against those who demand respect for their rights.

On the other hand, the union announced that a protest will take place at the National Institute of Agricultural Technology, the Ministry of Deregulation and Transformation of the State, the Ministry of Health and the Plaza de Mayo.

In just one year they destroyed all the income in the public sector. They have to reopen the collective bargaining (negotiations) and start an immediate process of salary recovery, said Aguiar.

We cannot allow them to try to compensate the fiscal cost of the tax favors to the countryside and the millionaires with a new cut to the State. We reject any possibility of closing and merging organizations, he added.

In addition, he demanded the immediate reinstatement of all those fired without just cause and the automatic renewal of all labor contracts that expire at the end of February and March.

The ATE members also ask for the extension of a pension moratorium, the restoration of the Sustainability Guarantee Fund and the repeal of a decree that transforms Yacimientos Carboníferos Río Turbio into a public limited company.

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