The CTA Autónoma (CTA-A) rejects the decision announced by President Mauricio Macri to resort to financing from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) with the excuse of getting the country... Read more
By José Rigane* Behind every bank run there is a business going on. The government, far from trying to avoid it, encourages financial speculation (called “timba financiera” in Argentina) dri... Read more
The French Fédération Nationale des Mines et de l’Énergie (FNME, member of the CGT) strongly condemns the behavior of the SECCO SA energy company in Argentina. In a communiqué publish in the... Read more
Workers of the company Juan F. Secco S.A. in Argentina are holding assemblies in all the plants denouncing mass dismissals and union persecution. They decided to make this publicly with the... Read more
José Rigane, Secretary General of Luz y Fuerza de Mar del Plata, stated that he strongly opposes any attempt of privatizing the company Centrales de la Costa Atlántica (CCA SA), which manage... Read more
The Federation of Energy Workers of the Argentine Republic (FeTERA) demands the immediate reinstatement of the 400 dismissed workers at Yacimientos Carboníferos Río Turbio (YCRT). The nation... Read more
José Rigane, Secretary General of the Luz y Fuerza de Mar del Plata trade union, was present at the mobilization that took place on Thursday Dec 14, in the Mar del Plata city, against the pe... Read more
By José Rigane* On Wednesday, November 29th, around 300.000 Argentine workers gave an overwhelming demonstration of struggle and unity in the face of the austerity policies carried out by Ma... Read more
In dialog with the news website “El Retrato …”, the General Secretary of the Luz y Fuerza de Mar del Plata trade union, José Rigane, stated that “the labor flexibiliz... Read more
The Argentine government wants to push a labor reform after the October 22 legislative elections. The model to imitate would be the reform recently implemented by Brazil. Although it is not... Read more