This Friday from 10:00 in the morning, the Picket Unit will hold a national plenary in the Plaza de Mayo, in which, accompanied by delegations from all over the country, they will evaluate the measures to be implemented in their fight plan.
social organizations congregated in the Picket Unit They will demonstrate against the administration of President Alberto Fernández, especially because of the decision to cut social plans and terminate hundreds of beneficiaries of Empowering Work.
In this way, in the national plenary, the Picket Unit will seek to implement extreme measures of force, such as camping for several days, mobilizations and a federal march to demand more social assistance from the State.
It is expected that more than 5,000 delegates representing the 40 organizations from the twenty-four provinces and the City of Buenos Aires will arrive in the microcentre of Buenos Aires, so there will be roadblocks in the streets surrounding Plaza de Mayo.
In this regard, Eduardo Belliboni, leader of the Polo Obrero, expressed: “It will be developed with the participation of 24 provinces; there are going to be discussions in commissions, and unions and popular organizations are going to receive support. Then, a plan of struggle will be voted by show of hands”.
The day of protest will last until 5:00 p.m., under the following slogans: “For work and for salary; against hunger and poverty; down with the adjustment and out with the IMF”. Regarding these, the roadmap to be implemented will be defined. the picketers with his measure of strength.
“We are going to meet and discuss a program, a list of demands and a plan of struggle that will begin immediately. with cuts and camps and massive marches with the participation of thousands of employed and unemployed workers,” said Belliboni.
The response of the Ministry of Social Development
From the Ministry of Social Development led by Victoria Tolosa Paz, they stated that they will not suspend their decision to terminate the beneficiaries of Potenciar Trabajo who do not carry out the data validation process, or if they do not comply with the 20 hours per week of tasks in the Units of Management.
According to official data, 1,165,587 people have already completed the process, that is, 86% of the beneficiaries of the program. Meanwhile, validation continues to be enabled virtually.
