The head of the taxi drivers’ union Omar Viviani acknowledged that there are “rifts” within the CGT labour condeferation union due to the current differences between the organization’s leader Hugo Moyano and President Fernández de Kirchner. He warned that “there are some comrades who do not support a confrontation with the Government.”
Viviani, who is part of Moyano’s inner circle, admitted that the teamster leader is making some claims that “maybe do not represent the CGT in its entirety,” and tried to tone down the latest verbal escalation between unionists and Government officials, explaining that “there’s always time to return to dialogue.”
“This is a matter that has been brought up by Moyano. There are some rifts because there are some comrades who do not support a confrontation with the Government. But there’s always time to return to dialogue, to be conciliatory,” he explained.
When asked whether he supported Moyano or the Government, he said he was “on the side of this country, and we must all contribute to keep moving it forward.”
However, the unionist said that he agrees with Moyano’s claim that the collective bargaining talks should be discussed by using the inflation levels found at the supermarket, and not the 18 percent levels that the Government suggests.
“The issue is that the Government has pegged talks to a certain percentage, while most of the unions say that percentage is not enough. We will always have this discussion, but it is also true that an 18 percent increase in wages is not enough for the workers’ movement,” he assured.
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