“Vaca Muerta a feast for private, foreign companies”: Rigane
When it comes to energy “the main goal of the current administration has been to deepen the process started in the 90s in Argentina which is the privatization of the energy system,” said José Rigane, Secretary General of FeTERA in a recent inter... Read more
By José Rigane* On June 24th we learnt that the United States Supreme Court of Justice rejected the request made by the Argentine government to mediate a suit against Argentina and YPF for the nationalization of 51% of the shares of the oil comp... Read more
FeTERA’s Open Letter: The Argentine Government continues to contravene ILO’s recommendations
In the year of the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) 100th anniversary, in Argentina we still do not have freedom of association. The Argentine government does not comply with the decisions of the ILO, nor with the judiciary resolution a... Read more
After the unprecedented blackout last Sunday which left without electricity almost all of Argentina, Uruguay and other locations in South America, José Rigane, General Secretary of the Luz y Fuerza de Mar del Plata trade union warned, in a recen... Read more
The union of Luz y Fuerza de Mar del Plata participated in what was called Great Public Hearing held by #TarifasJustas, in the city of Mar del Plata, on June 14th. The event took place at the Sala Melany. More than 60 speakers on behalf of consu... Read more
FeTERA Press updated the situation of the struggle Uruguayan gas workers have been carrying out for a long time. We share with them the same vision on energy sovereignty and they have participated in several occasions of international congresses... Read more
Thee main oil companies of the country have once again increased the price of fuels. This time the increase was of around 1.5%. The prices of gasoline in the Argentina of Mauricio Macri and the IMF are dollarized and oil companies have the perfe... Read more
Most Argentines believe oil and gas production should be state-controlled”: José Rigane
According to Poliarquía’s annual survey on public opinion regarding energy issues in the country, 56% of Argentines believe that the country’s oil and gas production should be exclusively state- controlled. We are talking about that there... Read more
On Tuesday May 14, the highest authorities of the National Autonomous CTA (CTA-A) delivered an extensive letter to the Argentine offices of the International Labor Organization (ILO), denouncing the illegal interference of the Argentine Governme... Read more
Launch of the book “Soberanía energética. Propuestas y debates desde el campo popular”
With the intention of debating and looking for alternatives from the popular sectors, the book “Soberanía energética. Propuestas y debates desde el campo popular” (“Energy sovereignty. Proposals and debates from popular sectors... Read more