Armando Cavalieri He is 86 years old and is part of that caste of trade unionists who resists the advance of time. Last night at the polls he achieved his tenth term in office at the head of the Trade Clerks Union (SEC), one of the most numerous in the country and to which has in a fist since 1986. He revalidated his power to 2026 by beating Ramon Muerzaa former ally who unsuccessfully challenged him a second time despite having the support of the moiano family and the businessman Alfredo Coto.
Unlike 2018, when the ruling Blue list was imposed by just 461 votes and there were allegations of irregularities by the opposition Morada Garnet, this time the distance was greater, according to the official results to which he agreed. THE NATION. 45.5% percent of a list of almost 57,000 members voted, all from the City of Buenos Aires, and the calculations were as follows: 14,534 votes for Cavalieri and 6,970 for Muerza. There were 71 annulled and 9 challenged.
The greater difference of votes in favor of Cavalieri would be explained by the greater participation of retired members [unos 2500], according to an official leader argued. He also won in companies such as Jumbo and AUSA, but lost in Coto and was even in Carrefour, according to sources close to him. After midnight, Muerza recognized THE NATION bias in favor of his rival.
At the request of Muerza, and with the endorsement of the labor justice system, the elections were attended by overseers from the Ministry of Labor and the courts, including the labor lawyer Matthias Cremonte. “There are people who came to vote and did not know what company they worked for. They are people who were brought to vote,” denounced Cavalieri’s challenger.
Cavalieri’s victory is important because it will allow him next year to stay with the National Federation, which brings together all the country’s business associations and brings together 1,200,000 members.. In addition, you will retain control of the Feeling, the union’s social work that is one of the largest in the country with more than two million beneficiaries. His running mate was Carlos perez, singled out as the likely successor as none of Cavalieri’s sons followed his lead in the union. Pérez chairs the social work, which has more than two million beneficiaries and represents the real box together with the administration of the Parque Norte property.
Cavalieri was a Menemist, a Duhalde supporter, a Kirchner supporter, a Macrist supporter and, until recently, was considered an Albertist. In the internal chess of the CGThas always played with “los Gordos”, the great service unions that do not share Hugo Moyano. In fact, Héctor Daer, one of the members of the triumvirate of command of the CGT, accompanied him at dawn, in the celebration.
When the CGT renewed authorities, in November 2021, it decided not hold a position on the board of directors for the first time in 40 years. The business chief, who began his career at the CGT in 1980 as Press Secretary, left the Institutional Relations area. The representation of Commerce in the workers’ union fell to Jose Gonzalez, the general secretary of the Comodoro Rivadavia branch. That decision last year suggested that the same might happen with the mercantile union, but Cavalieri finally decided to go for one more term, the tenth. If he fulfills it in its entirety, he will leave the union in 2026, at the age of 90. A record.
