Patagonia National Park workers organize to stop more layoffs

2024-08-31 14:59:10

Patagonia’s national parks have been affected by layoffs, so far in two waves, since Javier Mire’s government took office, but Potential risks to people affected by new measures He reactivated the union organization as a regional group through a delegates conference in Bariloche.

ATE representative from the park Nahuel Huapi, Lanin, Lago Puelo and Los Alces; from the Regional Administration of Northern Patagonia; Directorate of Forest Fire Fighting and Emergency Situations; ATE Parques’ national coordinating body has convened a meeting with other union leaders to “strengthen the federal organization” with the aim of preventing new layoffs and demanding better labor and wages.

so far in national parks More than 200 jobs have been laid off so far this year The cuts, mandated by the National Park Service, affected more than two dozen people in Rio Negro and Neuquén, although some have since been reinstated following complaints and battle plans.

Delegates put the issue of contract workers, who still make up the majority in national parks, and government bailout variables on the agenda. The premise they emphasize is “Defend our vested rights, our sources of employment and the work we do to protect protected areas.

They also expressed the need to improve working conditions and seek “a proactive agenda that seeks to guarantee more rights and address situations of workplace, gender-based violence and persecution”.

The park organization decided to transfer Hernán Mondino from Los Alaces Park, Virginia Gallardo del Lanín from the Regional Administration of Northern Patagonia ) and Marcelo Rojas join the national coordination of the Northern Patagonia region as representatives of the region.

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