While speaking at the UIA’s annual conference, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner distanced herself even further from CGT labour confederation leader Hugo Moyano, assuring “she’s got enough parchment to credit the workers’ interests.”
She began her speech with irony. “Is the CGT leader here? He’s not? He left? Well, it’s alright. We can all open the newspapers and read the messages he sends to the Government.”
She then shot straight to the heart of Moyano’s movement: she assured the National Government would not support his revenue sharing bill, which aims to have companies share a percentage of their profit among workers.
“This is something workers have to discuss with their companies. They cannot force the Government to impose this,” she explained.
“I’ll tell you what I think. If the economy were ruled by Congress, then we wouldn’t have the need for an Argentine Industrial Union (UIA) or a CGT. Butt he economy is ruled by other laws,” she added.
She then refereed to the current conflict within Aerolíneas Argentinas and harshly criticized the union’s attitude. “These are not labour conflicts, these are conflicts between unions,” she said.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald