2024-01-03 22:23:59
The Argentine justice system rejected this Wednesday, January 3, at least provisionally, labor law reforms included in the “mega-decree” deregulator of the ultraliberal president Javier Milei who thus suffered a first setback.
The National Chamber of Labor, a labor law body, which had been contacted by the CGT, the largest trade union center in the country, took “a precautionary measure suspending applicability” provisions of the chapter ” Work “ of the decree of December 20, pending a legislative review on the merits.
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This suspension is worth “until a final decision is rendered on the substantive issue raised in these proceedings”underline the judges in their decision, published by several media, including the official Telam agency.
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The judgment, a first setback, albeit temporary, for Javier Milei’s ultraliberal reform drive, will be the subject of an imminent appeal. The government “will appeal”confirmed to AFP Rodolfo Barra, the ” Attorney General “ responsible for legality control, advice and defense of the State.
Massive deregulation of the economy
President Milei, inaugurated on December 10, 10 days later announced a “Decree of necessity and emergency” (DNU), setting the framework for massive deregulation of the economy, modifying or repealing more than 300 standards, affecting in particular work, the control of prices and rents, the privatization of public companies, export regulations and imports.
Presenting the decree, Javier Milei justified it by the need “to begin the path towards the reconstruction of the country, return freedom and autonomy to individuals and begin to disarm the enormous quantity of regulations which have held back, hindered and prevented economic growth”.
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Ce “DNU” has technically entered into force, but subject to further approval by Parliament, where Milei’s party is only the third force. And in a still hypothetical timetable.
Justice, the streets and Parliament
But it is already the subject of lively debates between jurists on its constitutional character, or not, and has at the same time been the subject of around ten legal appeals, including that of the CGT in summary proceedings, filed last week.
The most controversial aspects of the proposed labor law reforms concern, for the unions, the extension of the trial period from 3 to 8 months, the reduction in compensation in the event of dismissal, limits to the right to strike, the possibility of dismissal in the event of blockage or occupation of the workplace.
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Among their arguments, the judges note “that what constitutes so-called “emergency” reasons does not appear to avoid the due intervention of the legislative power on the substance of the legislation”especially since certain standards “have a repressive or punitive nature”.
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They also emphasize that“it is not explained how the proposed reforms, if applied immediately, outside the normal legislative process, could remedy the situation” and boost formal employment quickly, “a fortiori given that the decree itself underlines that this employment has stagnated for 12 years”.
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The legal action is one of the three axes of struggle – with the street and the parliament – of the opposition, headwinds against the liberal revolution of Milei, and its mega-decree in particular: the CGT has called a general strike and mobilization for January 24, the earliest strike against a government in 40 years of democracy, a month and a half after coming to power.
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