Argentine genera strike
Socialist Organiser1982 1982-09-02Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 5 →
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THE revival of working class struggle in Argentina since the Falklands/ Malvinas war continues to develop.
One wing of the Peronist CGT trade union movement has called a general strike for September 1, demanding wage rises in line with the roaring inflation. The Bignone regime has conceded a one-off payment of $12 in August, and a $20 increase from September, but the unions have rejected these as inadequate.
The Paris daily Le Monde reports:
"The moderate wing of the CGT has announced its intention to call a 24 hour general strike for the beginning of September, while the more radical CGT is preparing to relaunch the 'second stage' of its plan of mobilisation. - The first stage ended on March 30 with a harshly repressed demonstration in the centre be the capital a long dest before the of the Malvinas.
"The bosses, organised in the Argentine Industrial Union (UIA), have made their oppostion clear to any massive wage increase...
The armed forces are still, from all accounts, in deep disarray. The crisis-ridden regime, trying to protect its flanks, last week published its plans for the legalisation of political parties. This legislation will mostly be just the formal recognition of the accomplished fact.
Committee for Human Rights in Argentina. c/o 29 Islington Park Street, London N1 90B.
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