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
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
By José Rigane Rate hikes of 55% in electricity and 35% in gas bills must not come as a suprise. The government itself, and companies too, had earlier announced the price hike schedule. What must sure be shocking and must make us go out and figh... Read more
By José Rigane On December 13 Argentina celebrates its National Oil Day. We emphasize on the word “national”, because there resides the key to understand and celebrate this historic date. On 12/13/1907 the first well of Argentine crude oil was d... Read more
Julio Acosta, General Secretary of Luz y Fuerza La Pampa and of the province’s CTA Autónoma, analyzed in interview with Informativo FeTERA (148) the wage dispute in local cooperatives. Acosta said that they had achieved “a wage adjustment from 1... Read more
By José Rigane* November 30, 2018 As the G20 summit is underway in Buenos Aires, me and my comrades are in Mar del Plata in full battle against labor precarization at the privatized company Edea SA. We always fight for better living conditions a... Read more
Hugo Palamidessi, president of MORENO (Movimiento por la Recuperación de la Energía Nacional Orientadora), analyzed in another Informativo FeTERA news program (Nº 146), the current state of energy affairs and domestic costs of fuels, oil and oth... Read more
ATEM (Asociación de Trabajadores de Energía Móvil – FeTERA) is currently discussing the incomes at the new biogas plants (generation of renewable energy) that the firm Secco SA owns in the towns of González Catán and Ensenada, in the provi... Read more
The Uruguayan comrades from the UAOEGAS union who went on a hunger strike for almost a month have signed an agreement with the country’s executive power and the MontevideoGAS company (Petrobras). After an extensive conflict, there was finally an... Read more