2023-11-29 06:21:00
The Construction Workers Union (UOCRA) reported this Tuesday that the first 500 layoffs have already been made in the Vaca Muerta region., in Neuquén, following the president-elect, Javier Milei, announced that he would suspend most public works to try to put public accounts in order. “No one has approached or asked to talk regarding the transition,” they warned.
“More than 500 colleagues were sent the telegram with the termination of employment”pointed out the deputy secretary of the Neuquén section of the union, Juan Carlos Levi. According to the union leader, the first 300 dismissals occurred in La Calera with Tecpetrolone of the group’s contracting firms Techintand then continued in Loma Campana, with the signatures of AESA y PECOMwhich provide services to YPF.
From Techint They clarified that there was a group of workers who finished a job with Pluspetrolwhat It was not part of the public work, but private for that companyand when they finished the job they took the unemployment insurance that the union has. The UOCRA seeks to reincorporate the affected workersamid the doubts generated by Milei’s statements regarding suspending investment in public works that he summarized with the repeated phrase “there is no money.”
The leader, in statements to National Radio, assured that the president-elect’s announcements regarding the privatization of public works They stopped “the activity in Vaca Muerta and on routes 17 and 51which connect Neuquén with Añelo”, and clarified that they are “the oil roads, which are stopped today.” However, he also revealed that “Public works have been stopped for a while”referring to projects such as Vaca Muerta Sur and La Calera II, which should have started in September and October.
Unlike other political moments with the arrival of new administrations, the union claims that there are no interlocutors who can prevent the loss of jobs. “There is business uncertainty. There were always transitions and who to talk to to move forward on those issues. Today that path is not there,” Levi remarked and acknowledged that They will not be able to request help from the mayors either. localessince “they are barely able to pay the salaries of municipal employees.”
In addition, the union member emphasized that the employers have already informed the workers that will reduce workloads, and asked “if there is no longer dialogue and these types of measures are adopted, the staff does not want to know what it will be like following December 10.” “We see quite a few complications. If this continues, they will not send 500 telegrams, there will be many more“Levi warned.
They warned that the 220 thousand jobs in public works in progress are in danger
After the victory in the runoff, Milei ratified his electoral campaign promise that “public work is finished” and that the financing of infrastructure will be carried out “in the Chilean way”, due to the budgetary adjustment that the leader will apply in the national State. “We don’t have money, so These works can be handed over to the private sector and completed by them.. We don’t have money, if there is a fiscal deficit,” the libertarian argued in an interview and proposed that the mayors “find a way to finance” public works.
Consequently, the UOCRA issued a statement in which it expressed its “deep concern” regarding the president-elect’s statements regarding the “future of public works,” and determined the union organization’s state of alert. “I think these ads are making noise everywhere and it’s not doing anyone any good”Levi considered.
In a document, signed by the general secretary of the union, Gerardo Martínez, UOCRA stated in defense of the 220 thousand jobs in the public works that are currently being carried out and rejected the statements of the leader of La Libertad Avanza that “risk the job continuity of these workers.”
“The current Government still in office The execution of the budget items is guaranteed until next Decemberwhich in fact ensures the normal continuity of the works in progress, so There are no valid arguments to justify dismissalswhich does not contribute to social peace,” the union organization reported.
In this sense, Levi revealed this Tuesday that “the 200 thousand layoff telegrams are already going around. There are things that have to be reversed, that cannot be stopped overnight. There are things that have been done wrong, but we should not generalize and put everyone in the same bag because without dialogue there will be more confrontation and clashes,” she warned.
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“Companies and operators have uncertainty, but the one who has the worst time is the worker“, considered the union leader. “We are all looking forward to it. The construction worker is part of society. Dignity does not come only through work, all Argentine inhabitants need housing, education and healthcare,” he said regarding the upcoming adjustment.
According to union calculations, nearly 10,000 workers are without tasks or activities because public works are paralyzed. From the UOCRA headquarters they are monitoring what is happening with employment and the continuity of the projects.
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