Milei promises to cancel 70 thousand employment contracts in the Argentine State

The president of Argentina, Javier MileiThis Tuesday, he guaranteed that he will terminate around 70,000 public administration employment contracts that expire at the end of this month, as part of his severe fiscal adjustment plan.

“We fired 50 thousand public employees. Not only that, but contracts were also cancelled. Now, more contracts are falling and 70,000 contracts will fall“, stated Milei when speaking at the International Economic Forum of the Americas (IEFA) Latam Forumwhich is celebrated in good air.

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The president made these statements at the end of a day of protest called by the State Workers Association (ATE) against layoffs “huge”carried out by the Milei government.

With demonstrations at the doors of several ministries and public entities, workers expressed their rejection of the layoffs and closures of organizations.

“We will continue fighting and multiplying protests to avoid any illegal and unjustified dismissal in the State” he claimed Rodolfo Aguiargeneral secretary of the State Workers’ Association.

As part of his drastic adjustment planshock‘To recover the fiscal surplus, Milei, who assumed the Argentine presidency last December, canceled thousands of contracts for workers who had entered public administration in the last stretch of the Peronist government Alberto Fernández (2019-2023).

Furthermore, it moved forward with the closure of ministries, secretariats, agencies and state-owned companies, which also generated a good number of layoffs.

According to the latest official data available, last January the State’s workforce was 333,853 workers, of which 224,072 were in the national public administration and 109,781 in state-owned companies and enterprises.

Before Milei’s announcement, the HE ATE had informed that the Government planned not to renew 30% of the 70 thousand contracts of workers who provide services in the State and which expire on March 31st.

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Notifications of non-renewal began to arrive today in some public bodies, such as the Ministry of Economy.

“We don’t even want dismissals in the State. We need a comprehensive measure, a general strike, to reverse this adjustment that Milei wants. State employees are in the pillory“, he told EFE this Tuesday Lorena ItabelATE delegate at the Ministry of Economy.

ATE also rejected due to “insufficient”The 8% salary increase that the Government has just granted to State workers, given the accumulated inflation between December and February of 70%.

Source: Elcomercio

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