Camping continues: Picketers will continue their protest for another day at 9 De Julio Avenue

They demand “real jobs” and social plans; They will decide this afternoon whether to build in front of the portfolio building that Zabaleta manages.

September 29, 202205:26

Grouped social organizations Piquetero Division They decided to stay one more day in the camp in front of the Ministry of Social Development. After ending a 24-hour protest at 9 de Julio Avenue that turned city traffic into chaos, demonstrators called for a new rally this afternoon where they determined Expand the protest to demand real jobs and social plans.

“All the organizations of the Piquetero unit unanimously decided at the meeting to continue the camp for the second night in a row. Tomorrow, at 18:00, it will be put to the vote again at the new general meeting will continue if the government does not respond to the very serious social situation that a huge part of the population is experiencingLeftist-affiliated organizations have reached out through social media.

The signs were not encouraging during the day on Wednesday, which reported a slight decrease in poverty and an increase in poverty, which reaches four million Argentines. Among them, the contacts between the picketers and the Casa Rosada did not flourish. “There is no response from the government“, they warned in a statement issued this morning from the Piketera Division. There they informed that they were going to accompany the INDEC workers in presenting the poverty statistics and that they would later mobilize to support the demand of the Sutna workers.

At 18:00 and as already happened yesterday, the delegates of all organizations voted to withdraw or continue the force in front of the portfolio building. John Zabaleta.

“The Ministry of Social Development has stopped all dialogues and refuses urgent claims Out of the thousands of comrades who are encamped and mobilized for the urgent demands of the districts all over the country. There is no response to the demand for real jobs, since a year ago we presented a plan to create a million jobs in housing and public works,” they said from Piketera’s office.

“Not even because of the emptying of popular kitchens, where only four or five products are received, the closing of income for social programs and the lack of supply of tools for productive projects. The Piketera Division urgently calls for a dialogue table to address these fundamental grievances in a situation of rising unemployment, poverty and inflation,” they added.

from social development They insist on dialogue. Both parties agree to this “There were informal calls” But they already told the ministry that Zabaleta would not receive the picketers during the protest. However, they note that the line of dialogue was “always open”.

In this sense, they emphasize that in the management year, Zabaleta participated in 10 meetings, which are in addition to what their teams had with picketing representatives. They emphasized that the last meeting was last week, where they monitored the progress of financing procedures for production machines and tools.

“We understand that there is a political connotation, because otherwise the austerity is not understandable. This is not a social complaint, it has a political connotation, and we hope that they will understand that it is not good for people to stay in the camp,” the Deputy Minister of Social Development told the newspaper yesterday. Gustavo Aguilera And I will add: “We are trying to convey to you that the review of this camp is not in favor of anyone: Neither to those who wish to travel nor to those who are in the camp.

However, the portfolio number two felt they were “on a very different track with organisations” and confirmed that The Ministry will maintain the position of not increasing subsidies. “Regarding some issues, we share a diagnosis, the difference is this We understand that the way out is with more work and they with more social plans, which puts us on a very different path.“, he expressed.

with the slogan “It doesn’t go anymore. Down to earth, real workPiketero groups were mobilized in the ministry since yesterday afternoon. After claiming that they were not listened to, they decided to stay put for the meeting. As Belliboni reported, the mobilizations spread across the country with 20 camps and courts in 150 cities.

Besides a real jobParticipants of the action request Help for juicy cooking i An urgent increase in the living wage and mobileAlso opening new social programs and tools and helping productive projects.