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DOCUMENT OF 52th ORDINARY
CONGRESS FATLYF
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DOCUMENT OF 52th ORDINARY CONGRESS FATLYF
“COEXISTENCE TIMES”
Starting this new stage of the institutional life of FATLYF, Ordinary Congress considers this
necessary to make few reflections to be taken into account for this new National Secretarial,
whose object is to represent not only the trade unions of Luz y Fuerza around the country, but
also has huge lead our union in a waiting place within the society in which we developed.
The times that the argentines are living are not exactly easy. We seem bent on making things
increasingly difficult. Otherwise does not explain the total disagreement in which they are
inmersed most of the institutions that created the history and the life of this blessed country.
A country that move from a society divided between rich and poor, where everything was
exploitation to the splendor of 1945 that shone and left an indelible mark in argentine people,
workers to be granted an inalienable rights that constituted a before and after in the bowels
Argentine Unionism.
Came after long road of disagreements that neither General Perón himself was eliminated, due to
his rapid demise, which frustrated the agreement with Balbín to achive national peace. The dark
night of dictatorship end to rip to shreds all argentines, deaths, disappearances, rights
violated, humiliations and more, which still affect us permanently.
The advent of democracy brought with it a surge of hope and credibility. Re-established
institutions, trade unions were normalized and the argentines began again areer.
After 27 years, we must recognize that we had to put up swings and perhaps tested were
solidifying this democracy that we must defend with all the effort of the argentine.
Attempts to modify the union laws, privatization of essential services and causing true layoffs
and voluntary retirements undercover, non-investment and capital flights. Latin American
countries were once “part of Global Economic Power laboratory”.
Also everything that happened, leaving a country with low investment, impoverished and in debt,
with an abrupt end of “1 to 1”, “playpens” and the devaluation that broke a republican continuity
with the historical record of a succession of presidents in so little time.
And start again, with great faith and the conviction to carry forward this wonderful country,
based on an inexhaustible wealth and a population full of profound principles that value any
endeavor.
At that time, Luz y Fuerza urged the Government to “argentinize” essential services had been
privatized and resume the normalization of the same. With a presentation to the Ministry of
Planning and Infraestructure, back to 2004, called to restore essential services through
“argentinization”, rescuing them from the “jaws” of that savage capitalism that both turn
around the lives of argentines.
Some things were achieved. Argentinized are some areas, they began to implement the works
that were scheduled by A y E.E. into a true Federal Plan, the National State again took charge
of planning and implementation of policies in the electricity sector, wage negotiations are held,
improved beneficts for workers and retirees, are seeking work to mitigate the degrading aspects
throws the unemployment, progress was made in the distribution of wealth, strengthened Central
Bank reserves, is an aggressive policy instrument relating to human rights, and issues to
highlight. Probably need to do more. But what most worried about is the state of conflict that
is seen in almost every sector of society comprising Argentina. Everything is in dispute.
Can not understand much incomprehension, if one starts something, the other takes precedence.
Nothing is tolerated, everything is contested. Turmoil everywhere. Permanent dissidences and
the people waiting.
In the midst of this lack of coexistence, the argentines are converned about the future,
if not leave behind personal or group interests, which are affecting the normal development
of the Republic.
It’s time to exercise together, it’s time to assume the responsabilities that each is responsible,
it’s time to think about the country, it’s time bases of democracy, leaving behind the resentment,
dissent and think about the people who are eager to get a job that will dignify and can form a
family that away from temptations that are undermining their own foundations.
If this works, we will be much easier to face among all the problems of insecurity that plague
all argentinean families dangerously.
FATLyF is willing to join in achieving these objectives, but we must be all or at least the
majority. Because there are many tasks and decisions that still must be done and only what we
can achieve if we all push in the same direction only thinking about the country.
One of the things that concern is also international pressure to try to change the argentine
trade union model, citing the lack of union freedom.
Union Model we have in Argentina, which was conceived by General Juan Perón with the workers,
is the most practical freedom, where all members have equal rights and can exercise freely
their thoughts. The LXVI Extraordinary Congress of FATLYF, which end on 2 October, is the best
example, as well as what are the different organic acts that occur daily in all organizations
throughout the country, adhering to the General Labour Confederation (Confederación General del
Trabajo-CGT).
Argentine trade union model is unique in the World, with a massive index of affiliation of the
vast majority of workers with dependent relationship, whereas those organizations that claim
about the lack of Union Freedom and that are supported by international organizations, not may
exemplify the same, since they seem more of a social organization of mutual help that a trade
union.
No doubt, is an outrage over those international organizations that lack the legitimacy to
regulate the life of the union organizations, for the simple reason that they are implemented
by most non-union organizations such as the International Labor Organization (Organización
Internacional del Trabajo-OIT). Could it be that the employer sector interested but the
atomization of the labor movement?
Is also neccesary to eliminate the so-called income tax, which is applied to all workers and
retirees. What we talk about profit? This is a labor tax, since the salary is a consideration,
and not a profit. Down lebel by attempting to prevente them from progressing and live in dignity.
While the CGT raises these issues, we encourage workers in the estates that we consider
necessary, a real advanced in order to achieve the cancellation of this measure, which is
nothing else that reach into people’s pocket. And so also support the proposed distribution
of company profits, because the worker is a fundamental factor in their positive outcome.
These things and more regarding the need for the argentines, they must rethink, not
reaching further dissent. To get people back to believing, that participation is a reality,
so that dialogue between all again be established, to return to live rather than reviled,
that we stop seeing ourselves as enemies.
The future requires greatness, the future requires coexistence, hopefully no mistake and then
have to repent.
THE COUNTRY IS WATCHING US
THE PAST COMPELS US…
Mar del Plata. October 6, 2010.-
JULIO CESAR IERACI
President
FATLyF LII Ordinary Congress
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