While the articles of the law were being discussed, in the midst of a 24-hour general strike, social organizations and the PIT-CNT demonstrated in the surroundings of the Legislative Palace to express their rejection of the pension reform project.
The workers’ union called a general strike and held an act together with Intersocial in which expressions ranging from cataloging the text that was being considered in the venue as “disastrous” to “today the world of work is stopping to tell the small world of the privileged that when they want to bring to their knees those who with their work put this country on its feet, this people mobilizes, protests, fights, has dignity and class consciousness and goes out to fight.” .
The leader of FUCVAM, Gustavo González, said that “here, in this act, is the group of the exploited of this country, who uplift the country on a daily basis. It is in this framework that we have to fight”.
Sergio Sommaruga, leader of the Union of Private Education Workers (SINTEP), added that “this pension reform is neither fair, nor democratic, nor much less supportive, but it is also socially inefficient.”
Amira Fagúndez, representative of the FEUU, charged the government and assured that “we are experiencing an outrage, another one, this is not the way to govern.”
