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 idea of making their struggle as visible as possible an... 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 manages a total of four power plants in the province of Bueno... 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 national government must resolve the conflict urgently in suc... Read more
The government of the province of Buenos Aires authorized increases of around 32 percent in electricity rates. The Executive justified the rate hike saying it was due to the modification of the wholesale price, which is determined by the Secreta... Read more
By José Rigane, Deputy Secretary of the CTA Autónoma and Secretary General of FeTERA In the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires the power cuts in December 2017 were 4,117,983, that is, 60% more than in December 2016. The data was provided by none... Read more
A long-awaited new branch of the Luz y Fuerza de Mar del Plata trade union was inaugurated Friday Decembre 22 in the city of Pinamar. After several years of work by local comrades and the unconditional support of the Mar del Plata leadership, th... 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 pension reform pushed by the Argentine national governmen... Read more
By José Rigane, Deputy Secretary of the CTA Autónoma and General Secretary of FeTERA To the electricity price increase that started December 1, of which 43% is for Edenor and Edesur in Buenos Aires and 38% in the rest of the country, and the inc... 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 Mauricio Macri’s government. In a massive mobilization at... Read more
José Rigane, Deputy Secretary of the CTA Autónoma (CTA-A) and General Secretary of the FeTERA, along with Pablo Micheli, General Secretary of the CTA-A, were at the Vatican city invited to the International Meeting of Trade Union Organizations,... Read more
