For the national strike of this May 9 of the General Confederation of Labor (CGT), the second to the Government of Javier Milei, Trenes Argentinos will lose $200 million. This is what the Secretary of Transportation: “Since the strike of some unions in the railway sector, which prevent metropolitan, regional and medium and long distance train services from operating, About 1 million people are affected“, highlighted the organization directed by Franco Mogetta.
Taking into account all services, at least 6.6 million users are left without public transport this day. Only in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA), the measure of force It harms nearly 5 million passengers who cannot travel.
Regarding groups, considering the 60 localities in the country that have the SUBE card system, Outside the AMBA there are 1.5 million people who usually use this means of transport in the Interior and due to unemployment will be deprived of the possibility of traveling.
According to the Secretariat, There are more than 2,300 bus units on the street, almost 40% of a normal day. “We are working with the National Transport Regulation Commission (CNRT) on controls, with the aim of protecting bus drivers of the 42 lines that did not join the strike and all people who want to travel in the units, and we continue to receive calls from companies that want to go out to work. We estimate to have 200 more units in the next few hours. People are joining, because they were not very clear about how the system was going to work, lines continue to be added to circulation,” Mogetta said.
In the City of Buenos Aires the subway does not work either, since the metrodelegates joined the strike from midnight to midnight. This decision affects all lines, as well as the Premetro. According to the administration of Jorge Macri, there are 900,000 fewer trips.
The National Government will deduct the entire day of the subsidy to companies that provide services below the minimum, based on a resolution issued by the Secretariat, through which will not subsidize strikes as was done previously, when it was common that even though companies did not provide services, they were paid the same as if they had worked, and workers were not deducted from their salaries on the day of pay. With this measure, the State stops financing strikes in the sector.
“For the first time in history, the Ministry of Transportation is going to discount the day for companies that do not provide service. We ask the unions to let those who want to work workthat’s the message. The way cannot be to extort or attack workers. On the contrary, they have to protect them,” added Mogetta.