Argentine workers define actions against government policies

Argentine workers define actions against government policies

ATE stated that the meeting, addressing the plight of wage earners and the impact of new IMF debt and other executive measures on the public sector, will conclude with an announcement of decisions in the afternoon. Last week, ATE rejected the government’s cumulative 1.3% wage increase offer for March-May as insufficient. Secretary General Rodolfo Aguiar denounced the recent devaluation’s impact on purchasing power, calling the previous collectiv…

Havana, Apr 15 (RHC) The Asociación Trabajadores del Estado (ATE) will meet today its expanded secretariat to discuss possible actions in the current socio-economic context, marked by a new exchange rate regime and the refusal of the Argentine government to raise wages.