Argentina: massive layoffs of civil servants continue

2024-03-29T04:31:09.883Z

Highlights: In all, nearly 15,000 civil servants have learned in recent days that their contracts will not be renewed after March 31. The general secretary of the ATE union Rodolfo Aguiar denounced the cruelty of Javier Milei and announced that the public service union would mobilize next week. In addition to a national strike on April 5, he calls on all dismissed civil servants to go to their workplace on April 3, reserving the right to peacefully occupy public buildings. Since the start of the week, thousands of employees of ministries, the national scientific agency and the national meteorological service have been notified of their dismissal.

In all, nearly 15,000 civil servants have learned in recent days that their contracts will not be renewed after March 31.

Argentina: massive layoffs of civil servants continue

In all, nearly 15,000 civil servants have learned in recent days that their contracts will not be renewed after March 31.

A demonstration against Javier Milei's austerity policy in Buenos Aires, February 23, 2024. © MARIANA NEDELCU / REUTERS

By: RFI Follow

With our correspondent in Buenos Aires,

Théo Conscience

Nothing seems to be able to stop Javier Milei's "chainsaw" plan... Determined to reduce the Argentinian state to its bare minimum and obsessed with the idea of bringing the public accounts into balance, the ultraliberal president repeatedly repeats that he has fired 50,000 civil servants since coming to power in December, and this is only the beginning!

Earlier this week, the presidential spokesperson announced that 15,000 public sector contracts would not be renewed after March 31, and that another 55,000 were currently under review.

Since the start of the week, thousands of employees of ministries, the national social security agency, the

public scientific research organization

, and the national meteorological service have been notified of their dismissal.

The general secretary of the ATE union Rodolfo Aguiar denounced the cruelty of Javier Milei and announced that the public service union would mobilize next week. In addition to a national strike on April 5, he calls on all dismissed civil servants to go to their workplace on April 3, reserving the right to peacefully occupy public buildings.

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