“The setback of the previous government cannot be a starting point,” emphasized Sosa, a union activist who, from Coordinator B of the FA, called last Saturday for social justice that is diluted in unfulfilled promises and salary deindexations. “We are tired of supporting popular pots in the union; we did it during the right, and now a progressive government does not solve anything.”
The focus is the specific loss of benefits that affect the daily lives of humble people. Let’s take the glasses: “Before the multicolor coalition government, the BPS gave an amount that was enough for the glasses without putting a peso on top,” Sosa said. “Today, that aid has been reduced so much that, if you don’t have extra money, you can’t access it. Even worse with hearing aids, essential for those who suffered damage from noise in jobs without health and safety controls. They are very expensive devices, from 2 to 3 thousand dollars depending on the model, but the BPS sets a limit of only 11 thousand pesos. And who covers the rest?” he asked himself and said that in some cases it is done by the unions’ aid funds.
Sosa extended his analysis to minimum pensions and retirements, where increases evaporate for the most vulnerable. “Before, the 3% adjustment reached non-contributory pensions, which are barely 17 thousand pesos, or minimum pensions of 20 thousand; people with disabilities were also charged 17 thousand. Now, they don’t get anything. Is that social justice? From a left-wing government?”
