The CTA Autónoma (CTA-A) led by Pablo Micheli rejected Monday the income tax reform voted last week by the Congress. “It is a law that keeps 80 percent of the workers -who are taxed- as taxpayers,” he said. In a statement, both Miche... Read more
The Luz y Fuerza of Mar del Plata trade union hosted last December 19 and 20 the meeting of the National Board of the CTA Autónoma (CTA-A). During both days, CTA-A’s Secretaries-General of all provinces analyzed the social, political and economi... Read more
December 13 is in Argentina the National Oil Day. That day, in 1907, in a well in Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentine oil was discovered. The story goes that they were actually looking for water, but oil was found instead. But beyond these details, th... Read more
José Rigane, Deputy Secretary General of the CTA Autónoma and head of the Federation of Energy Workers of Argentina (FeTERA) and the union of Luz y Fuerza of Mar del Plata, criticized, during an interview with Radio Brisas, the decision of Mauri... Read more
In the context of the CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) crisis due to the changes in tariffs and selling prices, the Secretary General of the Federation of Energy Workers (FETERA), José Rigane, rejected a new rate hike (on top of the 31 percent incre... Read more
By José Rigane* In times of extreme neoliberalism in the world and in Latin America, the government of Mauricio Macri started an operation to install the long-awaited (by business sectors and the economic power) labor reform. The objective is to... Read more
The CTA Autónoma (CTA-A) led by Pablo Micheli announced a National Day of Struggle for November 4. It will be in unity of action with the CTA de los Trabajadores (CTA-T) led by Hugo Yasky and several social movements such as: Barrios de Pie, the... Read more
Energy union Luz y Fuerza de Mar del Plata joined Wednesday 19 the “National Women’s Strike”, a nationwide initiative with the aim of making visible gender violence and seek justice for all cases of femicide. Different trade unions,... Read more
The International Conference “Crisis and Energy Sovereignty” took place on October 7-8 in the city of Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires. One of the main highlights of this conference was the implementation of neoliberalism in the energy se... Read more