José Rigane, Secretary General of the Union of Luz y Fuerza de Mar del Plata and of the Federation of Energy Workers (FeTERA), has passed away this morning, Tuesday, February 25th. With great sorrow and deep pain, his comrades at Luz y Fuerza of... Read more
FeTERA repudiates EDENOR’s rate hike against MADYGRAF cooperative
By Federation of Energy Workers of the Argentine Republic (FeTERA) The Federation of Energy Workers repudiates the actions of Edenor that attack Madygraf Graphic Cooperative with unfair rates. The workers of the Madygraf Cooperative (former Donn... Read more
By José Rigane* On February 14, World Energy Day is commemorated as an initiative to promote the use of alternative sources and reduce the use of non-renewable energy. Today the global environmental crisis challenges us to build new ways of rela... Read more
Struggle and organization do succeed! After months of conflict, comrade Sebastián Cabeza, from the company Aguas de Balcarce (concessionaire in charge of the water service) was reinstated to his work, as we had been demanding from the Federation... Read more
Mar del Plata, February 11, 2020 Today marks 43 years of the disappearance of fellow Oscar Smith, leader of Luz y Fuerza of the Buenos Aires City. On February 11, 1977, the Task Forces of the Civil-Military Dictatorship that was applying State T... Read more
Conflict in ‘Aguas de Balcarce’ after worker dismissal: new meeting in La Plata
This morning a hearing was held following the dismissal of a worker in the local delegation of the Ministry of Labor in the Argentine city of Balcarce (Buenos Aires Province), between the workers, represented by FeTERA (Federation of Energy Work... Read more
The Chaco Energy Workers Organization (Otech – FeTERA) is denouncing the intention from different sectors to privatize the state company Secheep (Energy Services of Chaco, a provincial state-owned Company). He points out that the company w... Read more
Government prepares a new Hydrocarbons Law
By José Rigane* The news is known only through some journalistic reports. We only know that, at the moment, the top official in charge of the text is the new president of YPF, Guillermo Nielsen, and the Minister of Development and Production, Ma... Read more
We start 2020 with the strong will to continue the fight for retirements, pensions, health and decent housing
As to the pension plan, the most urgent thing to resolve is an Emergency Increase to be incorporated to the pension payment at all scales and, on that basis, apply the successive updgrades. We intend that no retirement be lower than the Basic Ba... Read more
Due to the massive popular struggle all across the province of Mendoza, the local legislature has repealed Monday, December 30, the new law promoted by the mining lobby, which had been approved last December 20. Governor Rodolfo Suárez had alrea... Read more