On March 30th, both CTA umbrella unions, CTA Autónoma and CTA de los Trabajadores, mobilized along other unions to the Plaza de Mayo to protest agains Mauricio Macri’s austerity policies. The CTA decided to cancel the strike planned for that day... Read more
Thousands of Argentines gathered on Friday 24 at Plaza de Mayo on occasion of the National Day of Memory for Truth and Justice, to pay tribute to the victims of the last military dictatorship (1976-1983). After forty-one years of the 1976 coup d... Read more
By José Rigane* The day of Tuesday, March 7, 2017 was historic and resounding. We must set the date for a national strike in unity of action. Today, unity of action gains a strategic value, because we cannot fail to recognize in the diagnosis of... Read more
The Luz y Fuerza de Mar del Plata trade union was present at the repowering inauguration act of the Central 9 de Julio power plant. The official act of repowering was held Monday 27, with the presence of the Governor of the Province, María Eugen... Read more
The Committee of Experts on the Application of Standards of the International Labor Organization (ILO) has just issued a strong support for the Federation of Energy Workers’ (FeTERA) legal status claim, which, so far, the Argentine State has ref... Read more
As we, from the union of Luz y Fuerza de Mar del Plata, have been warning through different communiqués, reports, leaflets and protest caravans, the electrical situation of the Mar del Plata city, and its surrounding areas, is very serious. Last... Read more
The world is going through significant changes and facing new challenges, especially in the economic and labour areas. Global restructuring, trans-national production, new trade agreements that could change production, working conditions and con... Read more
President Mauricio Macri, along with Juan José Aranguren, Energy Minister, Miguel Gutiérrez, President of YPF, Omar Gutiérrez, Neuquén Governor and some unionists were present Wednesday at the announcement of “productivity for the hydrocarbon se... Read more
Secretary General of FETERA and Deputy Secretary General of the CTA Autónoma (CTAA), José Rigane, told Surtidores that he “is not willing to cede benefits or acquired rights, as other trade union representatives intend to do,” and di... Read more
José Rigane, head of the Luz y Fuerza de Mar del Plata energy union, said that, in January, no improvements are envisaged in the energy service, due to the continuity in the use of generators and an electric interconnection system which does not... Read more