The adjustment continues in the public sector: they fired about 100 people from the Atomic Energy Commission

From the internal commission they reported that dozens of workers began to receive, through the Electronic Document Management (GDE) system, notifications of the expiration of their contracts. Until now, these contracts were renewed every three months. Today the workers were informed that this time they will not be renewed and that starting tomorrow they will be unemployed.

The commission detailed that while the notifications multiplied, the CNEA authorities refused to receive the workers’ representatives. At par the gendarmerie is guarding the interior of the buildingwhile the workers protest peacefully and demand the renewal of all contracts. Those dismissed indicated that At least 20% of the 350 hired were discharged that was in the company.

From the Association of State Workers (ATE) they indicated that the layoffs affect almost 100 workers. “The separations affect professionals, researchers, technicians and specialized personnel with more than 10 years of seniority who support critical areas of Argentine nuclear development,” Rodolfo Aguiar, head of ATE, posted on the social network X.

“We have decided to carry out a peaceful stay at the CNEA headquarters until its president Martín Porro and his team decide to come out to give explanations. They are hiding and avoiding showing their faces to the workers. In addition, protests are multiplying at the organization’s headquarters throughout the country,” said Aguiar.

“This is a clear attempt to dismantle that allows the privatization of the organization. “Argentina is one of the 3 countries in the southern hemisphere that have nuclear electricity and want to dismantle this entire sovereign project of our country,” added the unionist.

While the dismissal telegrams were being sent, the brand new presidential spokesperson, Adrián Ravier, gave his first press conference. There he detailed that In May, 3,014 positions were eliminated in the national public administration. With that figure, he maintained that since the beginning of Javier Milei’s administration there have already been 71,025 employees in the public sector.

“The fiscal balance, on the side of the reduction of public spending, made economic stabilization and the subsequent return to growth possible.””, he stated.

Ravier pointed out that the reduction in public employment is complemented by voluntary retirement programs and the restructuring of state agencies. And he indicated that the National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA) It reduced its structure by 57.83%, going from 645 to 272 positions.

Furthermore, he reported that 3,983 workers joined voluntary retirement plans in public organizations and companies csuch as Belgrano Cargas, Casa de la Moneda, ANAC, FAdeA, RTA, ANSES, CNRT, INCAA, INTA and PAMI.

To this, he added that The current administration reduced the number of higher authorities by 36% compared to the previous government.

In addition, he assured that the annual savings generated by the reduction of personnel, structures and rents exceeds the 2,505 million dollars.