José Rigane: “Labor march expected on April 4th should pave the way to a national strike in unity of action”
The General Secretary of the Luz y Fuerza Mar del Plata trade union, said that a federal union action, with demonstrations and mobilizations throughout the country, is necessary. In his opinion, the labor march expected on April 4th should resul... Read more
Human Rights organizations met with the Autonomous CTA (CTA Autónoma, CTA-A), the CTA Workers (CTA de los Trabajadores, CTA-T) and the CGT in the headquarters of Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo for a new anniversary of the coup d’État occurred in March... Read more
Mar de Plata citizens spend more than 30% of their income on energy bills
On top of this, more than half of the surveyed households are between “poverty and extreme energy poverty”, which means they allocate more than 10 percent of their income for the payment of services. Those who live in Mar del Plata s... Read more
Reactive Energy: another million-dollar income of EDEA SA
With the complicity of the Provincial Government. In the scandalous rate increase enabled by the Government of the Province of Buenos Aires for the benefit of energy distribution companies (in this case, EDEA SA), there is an item that is not us... Read more
“The new electricity price hike punishes those who use less power”: José Rigane
In a recent press conference, representatives of the union of “Luz y Fuerza de Mar del Plata” explained how the new electricity price increases will work in the Province of Buenos Aires. José Rigane, General Secretary of this energy... Read more
ILO once again urges Argentine govt to grant trade union status to FeTERA
The Committee of Experts on the Application of Standards of the International Labor Organization (ILO), has once again urged the Argentine government to grant union status to FeTERA, the Federation of Energy Workers of the Argentine Republic, as... Read more
The right to energy and how outrageous Aranguren’s sayings are
By José Rigane * The recent sayings of Juan José Aranguren, who among other things affirms that “energy is not a human right”, are a demonstration of Macri’s project for government and for this country. The former Minister of E... Read more
“After rate hikes utility services have not improved”: Rigane
José Rigane, General Secretary of the Federation of Energy Workers (FeTERA) and Deputy Secretary of the CTA Autónoma, said in a recent interview with “Insurgentes” in Radio Sur 88.3 that utility fares are those of the first world but with a much... Read more
“Yo no llego”: “Can’t make ends meet” campaign
Do you remember when Macri’s government forgave a debt of $ 19,000 million to privatized energy companies? The cancellation of the debt to distribution companies such as Edesur, Edenor, Edelap, among others, was of 19,000 million pesos. This hap... Read more
The CTA Autónoma together with the CTA de los Trabajadores, the Frente Sindical para el Modelo Nacional and the 21F Movement, as well as with other social organizations and consumer associations have called for a demonstration in the city of Mar... Read more