Moyano says unions will have their own stats office to keep track of inflation
Argentina’s organized labour CGT leader Hugo Moyano began on Monday his new term at the helm of the umbrella union organization and once again targeted the government of President Cristina Fernandez promising to set up his own Indec (stats office) to measure inflation.
“We will have our own Indec,” he said as he entered the CGT headquarters in the City. He added that inflation “would be measured the way it’s supposed to” and “not like Domestic Trade Secretary Guillermo Moreno does it”.
Inflation has become a most contentious issue in Argentina since the official Indec rate remains below two digits while all private consultants, the courts, IMF and World Bank agree that it is well above 20/22% annually.
According to official data consumer prices in the last 12 months to June accumulated 9.9% compared to the previous period, but for most private consultants the rate was 23.96%.
Because of this discrepancy the Argentine unions had based their pay settlements discussions in what they called “supermarket inflation”, a non official rate but very close to private estimates.
“We are no longer going to use the supermarket inflation. We are going to measure prices as it must be done” pledged Moyano again questioning Indec.
With the powerful organized labour CGT split in several pieces over discrepancies about his leadership and Cristina Fernandez government determination to have him removed from the post, Moyano nevertheless challenging assured: “We are the CGT, the one that really represents workers”.
At the same time, he said the CGT congress in which he was re-elected last week was “excellent” and “was better than expected.”
Moyano also expressed his support for Buenos Aires province governor Daniel Scioli and said that the Cristina Fernández administration “has cornered him for daring to say that he wants to run for president in 2015”.
Nevertheless Moyano who through one of his son keeps control over the teamsters union said he didn’t believe President Cristina Fernandez would call him to talk, but if that was the case “I am always willing to talk, I’m a dialogue man”.
But despite his good will President Cristina Fernández instead decided to invite and meet at Government House with union leaders at odds with Moyano and asked them to be “responsible” and to work for a “CGT united.”
“I look forward to a CGT united,” she told the unionists present.
During the meeting, she said that the union leaders who attended the meeting “were not ‘anti’ anything” and that they represented the working sector.
“Those who I wish were here today are not,” she said alluding to those supporting Moyano.
“I want to thank you all for the effort of coming here and to welcome you all in the house of all Argentines. We have to keep working together, because there’s a difficult world out there, with some activities going through a hard time,” she warned.
She also urged the unionists “not to be mad at each other for the roles they are expected to fulfil” as workers and government officials.
“We should all remember that you represent the interests of registered workers, who have their health insurance and are paid a salary above minimum wage levels. And I represent 40 million Argentines and those who are still out of a job,” she explained.
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Why wont CFK talk to the elected head of a union? he has said he is willing to talk. Come on, give peace a chance? Instead she will only talk to a union leaders which is aligned with her so that she isnt made to look like the complete tit she actually is.
It is however very telling that even the left wing unions are now challenging the government on inflation which BK hurts the poor the hardest.
I wish you would stop calling CFK left wing, she is a Peronist, the words peronist and left wing are at odds with each other. I will challenege you again as i have many times (you always ingore the request) to explian to me how Peronism started and how you believe it to be a left wing political ideology.
I've said a thousand times on these threads that peronism in ALL its forms is NOT an ideology, it is an operating system designed to accumulate power.
Kretina is a very good example of power accumulation, having outdone even Fester who was pretty good at it.
As far as being left-wing, that is the most ridiculous statement ever made, if peronism improved the lot of the poor it would drive itself out of business. If it doesn't have the poverty stricken voter base it is out of power!!!!!
How anyone could call CFKC's kleptocracy 'left-wing' or 'working for the poor' is a mystery. Like all exploiters CFKC uses every trick to convince her poor and under-educated voting base that she can realise their dreams and give them a better life. (Thus she uses the mythical Malvinas as an emotive tool). The reality is as Simon stated, she doesn't want her voting base to work, aquire a home and stability, or become educated and free-thinking because then they would question her methods and not need her handouts of free microwaves, food parcels, bribes and false hope. She deliberately betrays them by keeping them impoverished, stupid and beholden to her so she can keep what she wants, power and the money she should be spending creating jobs. The woman is a monster.
Add to that her use of the AFIP as a type of Gestapo, as in the case of Toselli who gave his opinion that the real estate market was going down the tubes and was immediately closed down by the Geheimstaatspolizie for not having presented his tax form since 2007.
Adolf would be proud of Kretina.
Appologies to Godwin.
What is your definition of Whole Continent?
What a deluded fool you are....
Gosh I love coming here on breaks it really makes my day go by fast...
1/Teach us about unbiased balanced thinking BK. Please do.
2/Mercopress doesn't owe you a thing
3/ Your a tit
You also seemed to shy away from refering to him by his milatry title. As part of the Argetnine milatry in the 1940's Peron was part of an organsiation heavily influenced by German imigrants and as such supported European facism. You mention he was impressed by Mussolini but failed to state that he was keen supporters of Nazi Germany(Argentina did not get involved in the second world war and harboured German ships in the Rio de La Plata (Battle of the Rio de la Plata, 1939). There is also no coisedence that in Perons first term 1946–1952 a huge number of Nazi war criminals were given haven in Argentina. There is a huge deal of evidence that Peron was a facist and therefore right wing by deffintion. If he was left wing he would of leant towards communist ideals and not facists. You say the right side of the movment. Peronism is right wing it is facist. I.e. one strong leader should be allowd to make the best decison for the country. This is also the attitude of CFK and the late Nestor. i.e. not question me, I know best.
I find it hard to beleive that you can state that a government is left wing when it refuses to acknolleg the elcted leader of a union, lets inflation spiral out of control and does not actuall do anything to make the lives of its people any better. Peronsim is all about asserting control over the people and projecting a false front to increase power within its political base. Like Elaine B said above they give people just enought to keep them relient on the government for survival rather than giving them the op
oportuinities to rise out of poverty.
Peronism is designed to allow leaders to steal public funds for themseslves. Millions went misisng from the Foundation which bore her name. CFK has got over 800% richer since comming to power. the people have got poorer. At least 22% poorer due to inflatio
3/-You're- a tit
Juan Peron was an openly fascist leader. He didn't hide his admiration for Mussolini or Hitler (though he was less vocal about it when he realised Germany were losing the war). He also knew he needed a cause to unite a very disparate and bickering country. He chose to re-write the history of Argentina and The Falklands, launching the great myth of The Malvinas - even he was surprised at how the Argentines swallowed it whole. I guess people believe what they want to believe and don't want facts to get in the way of a good story.
Kinda like the story of British politeness. Another of the world's great fables.
At least this website exposes it for the minuscule number of non-brits who read the commentary.
now now we are not all inpolite.
@11 I have to criticise you. “Your a tit” isn't correct. The proper phrase is “You're a tit”. Being an abbreviated form for “You are a tit”.
@17 Oh no. It's not a fable. Our troops always say “May we shove our bayonet here?” The problem is that there's nobody left to attest to this courtesy. We are also big on “Do you mind drowning?” Then there's “Can your aircraft fly without wings?” Then there's the Gurkha approach. “This is a kukri. Now you see it. Now you don't. Ooops, is your head supposed to drop off like that, sahib?” See how polite we are? Of course, there is the other approach based on the people (?) they are dealing with. The approved approach with argies is to drop the trousers and underwear, bend forward whilst jamming the argie face into the a*s crack. Then excrete. Preferably a runny version with odour and sound effects. Argies appreciate diarrhoea. Because they are and like to be full of it.
He is not so blinkered after all.
Their actions seem idiotic but they are just doing what they need to do.
Its absolutely not in their interests that industry and the economy flourishes - if they cant control it. They sabotage what they cant control.
Hence all the industry and trade barriers, restrictions and destabilization - increasingly so as the economy grows.
Peronism is a cycle of boom and bust. It uses nationalism to justify its control over everything . -Look what we are doing for you people!- they cry frequently. The government takes all the credit for the boom and then blames the bust when they sabotage the economy (as it gets too large) on everything under the sun except themselves. Nationalism is also used to instill hope in the masses and the cycle starts again and thus peronism remains.
The trick with peronism is to maintain the illusion that there is a constant struggle that all are Argentines are involved in (against the numerous enemies) BUT that they are winning.
Of course most gringo political systems arent exactly anything to write home about either. But in comparison...
in Argentina never used ..ist ...ism .. adjuncts.
showing to us how you are far from Argentina.
keep on twaddle............lets keep on laugh...............
$6.78/1 I am laughing!! As I said 7/1 eom July a few months back and all the RGs called me a liar...
As I said before Rgs better go out and buy laundry detergent, sugar and coffee. I bet that has a better % rate of return in the next 12 months than anything else you can easily get your hands on and store.
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