The first general strike against Javier Milei’s government will take place this Wednesday receives criticism from the business world, which states it companies “need to work” and they keep an eye on the economic losses that the measure of force will cause, in an environment in which inflation and recession hit hard.
On the one hand, the Argentine Industrial Union (UIA) expressed its position regarding the CGT complaint before the Clarín consultation. “As UIA we believe that we must always exhaust opportunities for dialogue and in this case it is not clear that there was dialogue. The situation in the country is serious enough for all sectors to resolve their differences within the framework of social dialogue,” the business group explained.
Almost along the same lines he criticized the Argentine Chamber of Commerce (CAC). The CGT conducted “no” strikes during the government of Alberto Fernández “a period in which the growth of poverty and inflation, with the consequent deterioration of purchasing power, were constant”.
“The strike announced for January 24th will be the fastest carried out by a national government since the return of democracy in 1983, just 40 days after Milei assumed the presidency. And you do this knowing that 56% of citizens supported their proposals at the polls, even if these did not envisage months of prosperity, but rather a costly but necessary macroeconomic rebalancing”, explained the group chaired by Mario Grinman.
The CAC stated: “In any analysis we do on the new government, We cannot ignore that current inflation is the product of wrong measures, In our opinion, adopted by the previous management““Measuring governments by different standards is not correct,” the Chamber of Traders reiterated.
For its part, the Argentine Confederation of Medium-sized Enterprises (CAME) has also taken a position. “The general strike on Wednesday 24 January – which will imply a day without production and without commercial activity – “it will result in a serious economic loss for the country.”said its owner Alfredo González.
“Our SMEs need to work, because without work there is no income“added the Chaco businessman.
Damián Tabakman, president of the Business Chamber of Urban Developers, underlined: “Conducting a strike at this time is a way that damages production and adds to the damage that the current situation is causing in our sector, such as increasing costs in the pipeline, the shortage of inputs in the value chain and the complex scenario of deceleration and inflation.”
“We respect the legitimacy and right to make demands within a framework of democratic coexistence, “but we believe that at this moment it would be important to give priority to other methodologies that avoid further impacting activity levels, while the debate takes place in the corresponding spaces”, said the entrepreneur.
Along the same lines, the Association of Building Contractors (AEV) expressed its opposition to the strike: “The way out is with work”they stated: “The country must work every day to get out of the crisis we find ourselves in. A strike like the one called will generate unacceptable losses of millions of dollars both for development and construction companies and for their suppliers, as well as for the ‘entire country’.
Finally, Clarín consulted the Chamber of Construction but received no response.
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Source: Clarin
