Argentinian and American unionists will parade this Thursday, May 1 against austerity measures in Argentina and against massive dismissals of civil servants in the United States.
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Foreign trade unionists, notably American and Argentinian, will parade to denounce the policy of presidents Donald Trump and Javier Milei in Paris on the occasion of the 1st Thursday, reports France Inter. These foreign union officials from around the world were invited by several French unions. It is an opportunity for some to alert the situation in their country and to represent their workers compatriots in France.
Argentina Marta Scarpato representative of the CTA (the Argentina worker power plant) will parade in the capital. She comes to provoke an awareness. “We need solidarity as at the time of the dictatorship, because the situation with the government of Milei is more difficult every day”, she testifies. Since his arrival a year and a half ago, the Argentine president has established an austerity cure and according to the unionist, he is destroying a century of fighting for the defense of the workers. “Even people who have a job are in a complicated situation. They do not last until the end of the month and there is violence as we have never known. People are dismissed with a simple WhatsApp message received the day before Christmas”, Combination marta for combination.
Alongside him in the Parisian procession there will be Nick Allen, representative of the Seiu, who defends employees in the service sector in the United States. He comes especially from New York to denounce the policy of Donald Trump, in particular the massive dismissals of federal officials, but also the threats that hover over the unions.
“We see people in the federal government who are in key positions and who are hostile to us. Already we have seen the union of federal employees being completely dismantled in a week, almost all their members were dismissed”he explains. “Donald Trump will try to destroy everything in his path”Add Nick Allen who promises him, “We will face”.