\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t Argentina\u2019s General Confederation of Labor (CGT, by its Spanish initials) elected new leaders on Wednesday amid internal differences and a tense voting session. The confederation will continue to be a triumvirate as it prepares for the challenge of debating President Javier Milei\u2019s labor reform.<\/p>\n
The new authorities will be Octavio Arg\u00fcello (from truck drivers union Camioneros), Jorge Sola (insurance workers), and Cristian Jer\u00f3nimo (glass production workers union SEIVARA).\u00a0<\/p>\n
The vote was a tense affair as union members were reluctant to pick new authorities, a source present told the Herald. The candidates had been chosen hours before the vote by a small group of union leaders, resulting in a single list that got 1,604 votes. There were also 35 blank votes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe election was born dead,\u201d the source told the Herald.<\/p>\n
A tense affair at the CGT The three candidates were decided by a group of powerful union leaders, including historic CGT members like Hugo Moyano (Camioneros), H\u00e9ctor Daer (healthcare), Armando Cavalieri (retail workers union), Gerardo Mart\u00ednez (construction workers), and others. The candidates, Arg\u00fcello, Sola, and Jer\u00f3nimo, were also present at the meeting.<\/p>\n
There were several issues at the heart of the disagreements. The first was about keeping the triumvirate format or voting for a single CGT leader. Also, some union members had doubts about the proposed candidates, specifically questioning their predisposition to face the government.<\/p>\n
Another point of contention was the lack of a female candidate. Maia Volcovinsky, leader of a union representing judicial workers, was a potential candidate to occupy the third chair alongside Sola and Jer\u00f3nimo. However, Arg\u00fcello finally took her place, ensuring that Moyano will continue to have influence in the CGT.<\/p>\n
After being elected, the three new CGT leaders gave speeches questioning Milei\u2019s labor reform but hinting that they could be willing to negotiate.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe CGT will not back down before any government. The CGT has history; it will fight, but it will also sit in the corresponding contexts to build whatever decisions are necessary. We are not afraid when they threaten us with a reform,\u201d Jer\u00f3nimo said.<\/p>\n
Sola questioned that the government pretends to make unions weak with the reform but argued that \u201cthis country has grown thanks to workers having rights,\u201d which the government now pretends to attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey think that union leaders are political adversaries. They are wrong. We are strategic partners.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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