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Before No. 2 of the Fund, the CGT criticized Milei's adjustment plan and warned about the increase in poverty - Infobae
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February 23, 2024
Trade unionist Gerardo Martínez complained to Gita Gopinath about the impact of the economic program on workers, retirees and the internal market. “The workers are suffering. Political and social dialogue is required,” he said.
IMF and CGT. Gita Gopinath and Gerardo Martinez
The Secretary of International Relations of the CGT, Gerardo Martínez , expressed today before the deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Gita Gopinath , the concern of the labor union about the socio-economic situation and its impact on labor and production and warned about a growth in poverty.
At the beginning of the conversation with Gopinath, Gerardo Martínez conveyed that the labor union is respectful of the legitimacy of the President and his responsibility to lead Argentina for the next four years, but was pushed to carry out a strike of 12 hours to 45 days for “the foolishness, the extreme attitude and without the possibility of institutional dialogue” that the Government had in response to their claims. “On January 24 we had to carry out the half strike and the mobilization, in order, as appropriate,” said the leader after the meeting, where he was received alone by the economist.
Martínez left that meeting with the feeling that the Fund's board came to the meeting with a known diagnosis, from other meetings, with business sectors and civil society. For the UOCRA unionist, Gopinath came first and above all to “see how Argentina pays off its debt” with the organization with this level of crisis and recession, which also impacts the State because its revenue and the power of domestic market purchase.
Gita Gopinath with businesswoman Carolina Castro
Member of the Board of Directors of the International Labor Organization (ILO) and head of the Argentine union delegation to that global labor organization, Martínez analyzed with the official of the multilateral credit organization “the worrying socio-economic situation and its impact on labor and productive.” The meeting was held at the metropolitan headquarters of the IMF, in Paraguay at 1100 in the city of Buenos Aires.
In the conversation he also warned that the government only has a fiscal perspective, which "generates an increase in poverty and harms vulnerable sectors, retirees and pensioners." The head of the International Secretariat of the labor union also criticized the decision made by President Milei to “paralyze infrastructure and public works because it generates a significant level of unemployment.” And he insisted with his idea that he has been holding for several years about the need to take the example of Ireland, Portugal or Greece, to generate “a dialogue table, beyond the sovereign decision that the government may have, to listen to the sectors that represent different interests.”
For the union leader, until now “there is no economic stabilization plan, but rather a strategy of fierce fiscal adjustment that affects the most vulnerable classes, which will dramatically harm society's standard of living, production and consumption figures. and potential economic growth,” he said.
“The workers are suffering. Political and social dialogue is required. No political force alone can solve the country's structural problems. We are experiencing an extreme recession never seen before, which for many sectors is intolerable. Inflation is the tax on poverty. The more it increases, the poorer we are,” Martínez said.
Furthermore, he emphasized that “society is exposed to almost 60% poverty, so the debt is unpayable only with sacrifice, a financial plan and slaps.” The unionist had affirmed the need to consolidate the democratic system, but also "a program for an inclusive country that has, above all, an appreciation of what culture, work, development and investment mean."
Gita Gopinath also met with civil society leaders
But the head of the International Secretariat of the labor union questioned in the talk with the Fund official “the attitudes taken by the government to disqualify the institutions of the democratic system,” and warned: “That generates a lot of noise and prevents us from to have a horizon where we see a light of hope.”
“We only see financial measures, without an income policy, without a productive development policy and for that same reason we are extremely concerned. The level of poverty will at some point generate a reaction from society, from the middle class and of course from the workers,” Martínez explained after the meeting. And he concluded with a worrying panorama: “This is much more serious than you think.”
Gopinath arrived in Argentina to hold several meetings that included President Javier Milei; the Chief of Staff, Nicolás Posse; the Minister of the Interior, Guillermo Francos, representatives of the union, business and civil society spheres. Yesterday he finished the mission and returned to Washington.
The deputy managing director of the IMF with President Milei
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Ante la N° 2 del Fondo, la CGT criticó el plan de ajuste de Milei y alertó por el aumento de la pobreza
El sindicalista Gerardo Martínez se quejó ante Gita Gopinath por el impacto del programa económico en los trabajadores, jubilados y el mercado interno. “Los trabajadores están sufriendo. Se requiere diálogo político y social”, dijo
www.infobae.com
February 23, 2024
Trade unionist Gerardo Martínez complained to Gita Gopinath about the impact of the economic program on workers, retirees and the internal market. “The workers are suffering. Political and social dialogue is required,” he said.
IMF and CGT. Gita Gopinath and Gerardo Martinez
The Secretary of International Relations of the CGT, Gerardo Martínez , expressed today before the deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Gita Gopinath , the concern of the labor union about the socio-economic situation and its impact on labor and production and warned about a growth in poverty.
At the beginning of the conversation with Gopinath, Gerardo Martínez conveyed that the labor union is respectful of the legitimacy of the President and his responsibility to lead Argentina for the next four years, but was pushed to carry out a strike of 12 hours to 45 days for “the foolishness, the extreme attitude and without the possibility of institutional dialogue” that the Government had in response to their claims. “On January 24 we had to carry out the half strike and the mobilization, in order, as appropriate,” said the leader after the meeting, where he was received alone by the economist.
Martínez left that meeting with the feeling that the Fund's board came to the meeting with a known diagnosis, from other meetings, with business sectors and civil society. For the UOCRA unionist, Gopinath came first and above all to “see how Argentina pays off its debt” with the organization with this level of crisis and recession, which also impacts the State because its revenue and the power of domestic market purchase.
Gita Gopinath with businesswoman Carolina Castro
Member of the Board of Directors of the International Labor Organization (ILO) and head of the Argentine union delegation to that global labor organization, Martínez analyzed with the official of the multilateral credit organization “the worrying socio-economic situation and its impact on labor and productive.” The meeting was held at the metropolitan headquarters of the IMF, in Paraguay at 1100 in the city of Buenos Aires.
In the conversation he also warned that the government only has a fiscal perspective, which "generates an increase in poverty and harms vulnerable sectors, retirees and pensioners." The head of the International Secretariat of the labor union also criticized the decision made by President Milei to “paralyze infrastructure and public works because it generates a significant level of unemployment.” And he insisted with his idea that he has been holding for several years about the need to take the example of Ireland, Portugal or Greece, to generate “a dialogue table, beyond the sovereign decision that the government may have, to listen to the sectors that represent different interests.”
For the union leader, until now “there is no economic stabilization plan, but rather a strategy of fierce fiscal adjustment that affects the most vulnerable classes, which will dramatically harm society's standard of living, production and consumption figures. and potential economic growth,” he said.
“The workers are suffering. Political and social dialogue is required. No political force alone can solve the country's structural problems. We are experiencing an extreme recession never seen before, which for many sectors is intolerable. Inflation is the tax on poverty. The more it increases, the poorer we are,” Martínez said.
Furthermore, he emphasized that “society is exposed to almost 60% poverty, so the debt is unpayable only with sacrifice, a financial plan and slaps.” The unionist had affirmed the need to consolidate the democratic system, but also "a program for an inclusive country that has, above all, an appreciation of what culture, work, development and investment mean."
Gita Gopinath also met with civil society leaders
But the head of the International Secretariat of the labor union questioned in the talk with the Fund official “the attitudes taken by the government to disqualify the institutions of the democratic system,” and warned: “That generates a lot of noise and prevents us from to have a horizon where we see a light of hope.”
“We only see financial measures, without an income policy, without a productive development policy and for that same reason we are extremely concerned. The level of poverty will at some point generate a reaction from society, from the middle class and of course from the workers,” Martínez explained after the meeting. And he concluded with a worrying panorama: “This is much more serious than you think.”
Gopinath arrived in Argentina to hold several meetings that included President Javier Milei; the Chief of Staff, Nicolás Posse; the Minister of the Interior, Guillermo Francos, representatives of the union, business and civil society spheres. Yesterday he finished the mission and returned to Washington.
The deputy managing director of the IMF with President Milei
