Militants and leaders of leftist social organizations, grouped in the so-called Piquetera Unit, will mobilize again this Wednesday, this time in Plaza de Mayo, demanding two central claims: an increase in quotas and the amounts of social plans for unemployed.
Protesters they will begin to gather at 10 o’clock at the corner of 9 de Julio avenue and Venezuela street, to then march to Plaza de Mayo, Télam was informed by press spokesmen for the protestant organizations.
The Piquetero Unit (UP) is made up of the Polo Obrero, MTR-Votamos Luchar, CUBA-MTR, the National Piquetero Bloc, the Armando Conciencia Group and the November 17 Organization, the MTR Teresa Rodríguez, a fraction of the FOL and the Territorial Movement (MTL-Rebelde), among other sectors.
“The reasons for the protest are the same as always: the issue of work, the poverty that exists in the country, what the poorest of us are going through. There were no answers or solutions from the Government after the camp on July 9, so, Today we take to the streets throughout the country,” Noemí Ávalos, a Buenos Aires referent for the Front of Organizations in Struggle (FOL), told Télam.
On Monday, the negotiation between the officials of the Ministry of Social Development and the left-wing piqueteros representatives reached a “partial” agreement and, although it was agreed to keep the dialogue open, the organizations advanced that they will continue with their plan of struggle, although not under the camping modality.
After that meeting with government officials, the social referents of the left ratified the protest this Wednesday, demanding the “universalization of social programs and an increase in their amount, which today is $16,500.”
On Tuesday, the Minister of Social Development, Juan Zabaleta, stated that “there will always be a table to discuss problems” that the country is going through and maintained that “a conflict is not resolved by blocking streets but by constantly trying to come to an agreement”.
“The meetings fail when the dialogue ends, and what is clear from my part is that there will always be a table to discuss the problems that the Argentine men and women have. A conflict is not resolved with another conflict, it is not resolved blocking streets but constantly trying to agree on the generation of employment,” said the minister in statements to the channel Todo Noticias (TN).
