2024-03-23 00:41:37
The president of Conicet, Daniel Salamone, together with the Chief of Staff, Nicolás Posse and the Secretary of the CTI Alejandro Cosentino, reported dismissals of administrative workers at Conicet. At the moment, there is talk of regarding 86 layoffs, 200 since January.
This was denounced by ATE in a statement and added that these officials “due obedience not only makes them accomplices but also protagonists of the systematic plan to destroy the national State.”
“In addition, taking into account that the decision was made contrary to the provisions of the Board of Directors – the highest authority – and all the directors of the CCTs and institutes in the country, we demand the resignation of Daniel Salamone,” they add in the statement, which also demands the Salamone resignation.
In fact, the organization’s board of directors this week issued a statement expressing total rejection of the decision to limit the renewal of administrative and technical personnel contracts of the institution, which reaches 1,600 employees, to March 31.
ATE is calling for a massive rally on Monday the 25th at 11am on the esplanade of the Scientific Pole. One day before, he will march “to flood the streets of the country once morest the denialist government of Milei and his accomplices and protagonists.”
On Thursday, the Conicet board had denounced the intention to cut 1,600 jobs of administrative and technical employees, which would be added to the 50 already announced, which is added to the layoffs in other State agencies.
“There is a terrible discouragement”
Mario Pecheny, member of the Conicet board of directors and vice president until August 2023, told PáginaI12 that the board unanimously rejected the layoff plan. Among the eight directors there are representatives of the Argentine Industrial Union and the Argentine Rural Society.
“The cut that was made, even if one agreed, was not carried out considering the work of those laid off. A number of layoffs was set and they were fired without taking into account performance,” he stated. “It was reasonable to think regarding cuts to people regarding to retire, but they called different agencies demanding a number of layoffs without looking at the background,” he added.
The directors presented their point of view to Salamone, but the head of Conicet argued that he was following orders from the Casa Rosada. Today, the organization depends on the Chief of Staff.
Pecheny estimates that the majority of those laid off are hired, who were never even transferred to a temporary plant. “There is a terrible discouragement,” he said regarding a measure that has been rejected by workers and directors.
“They have fired people with years of work, from the cleaning and maintenance areas,” he said and stressed that there are workers with contracts extended until December of this year “who have the uncertainty of what can happen to them.” More specifically, they divided the universe of those not fired by renewing their contracts for 2, 3, 6 or 9 months, depending on the case. A situation of anguish and violation of basic labor rights.
For Pecheny, the Government “seeks symbolic returns; they believe this will gain them popularity in some circles” and he stated that “the silence of the rest of the political establishment is thunderous. It is being dismantled at a speed never seen before.” In his opinion “the fall of DNU 70/2023 might stop this in the future.”
A fact that contradicts the arguments of the ruling party: in 2016, the then Ministry of Modernization calculated how many people each unit needed as a minimum to be able to function. Conicet was below that threshold. The 200 layoffs since January mark a high proportion if you consider that it has 1,500 employees.
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