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International Women's Day
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Martinez declared “having no proposals to tackle unemployment rates due to global crisis, no social peace will be guaranteed, since the people will not stand to lose their rights”.
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“Torres San Jorge” Project |
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300 houses were handed over to organized workers within the framework of the Federal Program of Housing by The Ministry of Federal Planning, Public Investment and Services
The building of “Torres San Jorge” was supported and developed by UOCRA which also provided the land. The project was co-financed by the Sub-secretariat of Urban Development and Housing of National Secretariat of Public Works, The City Housing Institute and complementary financed by Bank of the City of Buenos Aires.
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Degree in Labour Safety and Environment in the Building Industry |
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The Argentine Normalization and Certification Institute [IRAM], UOCRA and UOCRA Institute for High Education, organized the teaching of the Degree in Labour Safety and Environment in the Building Industry, within the framework of Training policies. It is a must to go on working in order to decrease the rates of work accidents in our Industry as well as to improve life Quality of building workers and their families.
These activities and other more are carried out by the UOCRA and its Institute in order to build the “Culture of Prevention” in the building industry as the cornerstone on the defense of Decent Work
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Agreement by and between UOCRA and the National Secretariat for Sustainable Development and Environment |
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UOCRA General Secretary Gerardo Martinez, signed Complementary Acts derived from the Framework Agreement by and between the Argentine General Confederation of Labour and the National Secretariat for Sustainable Development and Environment.
Our General Secretary was accompanied by CGT General Secretary Hugo Moyano; Secretary of the National Secretariat for Sustainable Development and Environment Dr. Homero Máximo Bibiloni; Secretary of the CGT Secretariat for Labour Health and Environment, Mrs. Viviana Córdoba, Secretary of the Textile Workers Union [AOT] Mr. Joge Lobais; members of CGT National Board of Directors and members of the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security. The meeting took place at the Argentine General Confederation of Labour headquarters.
The present agreement tries to strengthen the concept of Sustainable Development at workplace as well as workers join the Government environmental policies, taking into account the tasks performed in their jobs. Textile Workers Union [AOT] together with the UOCRA entered the agreement.
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GERARDO MARTINEZ AT THE ILO – 99th SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONFERENCE |
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Argentine General Confederation Of Labour [CGT-RA] invited Latin American and Caribbean Delegations of workers, the Delegation of the Argentine Government , Employers Representatives, Regional Governments and European guests to the toast in honour of the Bicentennial Celebrations of our Nation
Delegation of CGTRA workers received the guests in celebration of the historical moment lived in Argentina, where the people celebrated the Nation’s birthday, within a framework of brotherhood , setting an example of unity and fervor and taking the first place in our region.
The toast was acknowledged by Mr. Gerardo Martinez together with Dr. Noemí Rial Vice-Minister of Labour and Social Security, Ambassador Alberto Dumont and Dr. Daniel Funes de Rioja, Vice-President of Employers.
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Gerardo Martinez at ILO 99th International Labour Organization Conference |
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In his opening speech, Gerardo Martínez highlighted the importance of the meeting within the framework of the 99th ILO Conference and called on Victor Baez General Secretary of Trade Union Confederation of the Americas [TUCA] who referred to the exclusion of Colombia from the list of countries that breach ILO agreements and are under treatment in the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations and the urgent need to develop clear rules ensuring an open-door process and prioritizing those highly serious situations, like those in Colombia and other Latin American countries. He also stated that it is necessary to understand what kind of development we want for the world as workers.
Afterwards, Mr. Gerardo Martínez called on the Members of the ILO´s Governing Body, Ms. Hilda Anderson, Mr. Julio Roberto Gomez and Mr. Arnaldo Benedetti who reported some activities and decisions made by the Governing Body as well as the tasks developed as representatives of Latin American workers.
In addition to over 100 fellow workers, representatives of the Programme for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV) from Geneva, Hilda Sánchez and from Lima Carmen Benitez spoke on core issues, such as Colombia and opened debate on workers situation in the crisis and how their fundamental rights are being affected. Moreover, it was discussed the need of consolidating strategies to tackle the precarious, flexibility and exclusion measures that are moving forward in the social-labour framework.
Next, Ms Raquel González from ITUC, analyzed the political situation and ITUC’s opinion which has been expressed in documents and actions in the defense of labour rights.
Delegates ratified their support to Colombian workers and to all those countries which are suffering from murders and violence against union leaders, reinforcing the need to strengthen trade unions movement.
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Martinez declared “having no proposals to tackle unemployment rates due to global crisis, no social peace will be guaranteed, since the people will not stand to lose their rights”.
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Gerardo Martinez, UOCRA General Secretary, headed the Bicentennial Assembly organized by North Section Division and carried out at the plant Aguas del Paraná before 5,000 building workers. Such mega plant of hydric infrastructure is where the Potable Water Plant Paraná de las Palmas is built up by AySA and will cover Tigre and Escobar Municipalitites.
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EARLY RETIREMENT ACT 26,494 FOR THE BUILDING WORKER
CHANGE IN ALIQUOT FOR ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT TAXES
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Mr. Employer
Remember that additional employment taxes pursuant Act 26494 is of 3% from May 2010. You can submit your income statement plus other social security contributions through AFIP software.
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UOCRA General Secretary Gerardo Martinez, together with Diego Bossio head of the National Social Security Administration (ANSES) opened a self-service terminal named Punto de Enlace at the Trade Union headquarters, in addition to the existing Local Unit of Temporary Service (ULAT) – UOCRA – ANSES in order to work jointly for more efficient and faster retirement procedures and free of charge for the building workers within the scope of the Early Retirement Act 26,494 for the Building Worker at 55 years old.
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Open enrollment for Physicians for the National Residency Program from 29 March to 16 April 2010 at Construir Salud Medical Centers.
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Fundación Uocra for Building Workers Training got three Silver Medals in the WorldSkills Americas first Edition-Knowledge Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro. Over six hundred representatives from 13 American countries competed in 46 categories.
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Fundación Uocra for Building Workers Training was selected to represent our country in the WorldSkills Americas first Edition. The International Competition for Professional Training to be held in Rio de Janeiro from 9 to 14 March will host students and trainers from 21 American and Caribbean countries.
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UOCRA Cultura together with Fundación Mercedes Sosa opened the first photo exhibition in honour of the dearest and unforgettable “Negra” named “One Singer, Every Woman”.
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Mrs. Cristina Fernández President of the Republic of Argentina, together with Gerardo Martinez, UOCRA’s General Secretary and Member of the ILO´s Governing Body; and Ministers Tomada and Barañao and Chancellor Taiana led the meeting with the “Group of Workers” consisting of representatives of Central Unions from all around the world. Sharan Burrow, President of International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) took part as well as 100 union leaders from all over the world representing 168 million workers.
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Gerardo Martinez, UOCRA General Secretary and Foreign Affairs Secretary of the Republic of Argentina CGT, received Bernardo Kliksberg at UOCRA headquarters.
Dr Kliksberg is a prestigious economist, Director of the Study Centre of Corporate Social Responsibility of the College of Economic Science at the University of Buenos Aires, one of the foremost experts on Inequality and Poverty in Latin America, as well as the author of 47 books and senior advisor for UNDP, ECLAC and IDB. As Mr. Gerardo Martinez said, the meeting focused on the will of our trade union to strengthen academic links, in a strategic alliance that seeks fair Income redistribution with social justice and the broad experience of this highly important college concerning the proposals to remove inequality.
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A meeting of workers representatives from 76 Latin American and the Caribbean Organizations, called by the Members of the ILO´s Governing Body, Mr. Gerardo Martinez, Julio Roberto Esguerra, Hilda Anderson and J. De Benedetti, and by Victor Baez, representing the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA) was held on Friday 5 June, within the framework of the 98th International Labour Conference. Also, Valentín Pacho, representative for the World Federation of Trade Unions was in the panel.
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INTERAMERICAN COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND PRODUCTION
GERARDO MARTINEZ’S SPEECH, FOREIGN AFFAIRS SECRETARY OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA CGT AND UNION REPRESENTATIVE IN SEVERAL FORUMS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
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It was entered a Cooperation and Technical Assistance Agreement, by and between Fundación UOCRA, presided by Gerardo Martinez and Di Tella Institute, presided by Torcuato Di Tella at the Argentine Building Workers Union venue.
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Transcription of a letter of acknowledgement addressed to Gerardo Martinez, General Secretary and President of our Health Insurance, due to Construir Salud assistance and medical care.
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The Argentine Building Workers Union shall be incorporated to the Red Sectorial Construcciones in the Province of Buenos Aires, together with the Buenos Aires Directorate-General for Education and Culture and the Argentinean Chamber of the Building Industry [CAC]. Both parties agreed and created the new organization, last Tuesday June 9 at Trenque Lauquen.
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Within the framework of the 98th ILO’s Conference, by the end of ILO’s Summit on the Global Job Crisis, Gerardo Martinez talks about its development and impact with Director General Somavia and Minister Tomada. High public figures from different countries, among them Argentina, highlighted ILO’s tripartite role and the need to adopt the Global Job Pact with the commitment of employers and workers.
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Mrs. Cristina Fernández President of the Republic of Argentina, together with Gerardo Martinez, UOCRA’s General Secretary and Member of the ILO´s Governing Body; and Ministers Tomada and Barañao and Chancellor Taiana led the meeting with the “Group of Workers” consisting of representatives of Central Unions from all around the world. Sharan Burrow, President of International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) took part as well as 100 union leaders from all over the world representing 168 million workers.
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GERARDO MARTINEZ, ARGENTINE WORKERS DELEGATE’S STATEMENT. 98th SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONFERENCE Geneva, 11 June 2009
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A meeting of workers representatives from 76 Latin American and the Caribbean Organizations, called by the Members of the ILO´s Governing Body, Mr. Gerardo Martinez, Julio Roberto Esguerra, Hilda Anderson and J. De Benedetti, and by Victor Baez, representing the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA) was held on Friday 5 June, within the framework of the 98th International Labour Conference. Also, Valentín Pacho, representative for the World Federation of Trade Unions was in the panel.
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The Argentine Building Workers Union (UOCRA) agreed a 15% salary raise for the Building Workers from June and a non-remunerative lump sum during May 2009 with the management sector.
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Newspaper report to Gerardo Martinez, UOCRA General Secretary in Página 12 Newspaper. During the interview, Gerardo Martinez expressed his pleasure for the sanction of Act 26494, which UOCRA has been fighting for 50 years, and he classified it “as a historical vindication for building workers”.
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Gerardo Martinez having an overall strategic vision of the organization he manages, introduced “Classrooms and Scaffolds”, Fundación Uocra Publisher. The introduction took place last week at Alfonsina Storni Room, within the framework of the Buenos Aires Book Fair.
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Gerardo Martinez participated as Panel guest in the academic sessions within the framework of the International Postgraduate Seminar on the Bicentennial called “Public policies, Solutions to nowadays crisis”, organized by Universidad del Salvador, EPOCA Postgraduate School City Argentina and Universidad Carlos II of Madrid, carried out at Universidad del Salvador of Buenos Aires City, being attended by more than 80 public officers, professionals, business executives, political and social leaders in public and private leadership positions.
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UOCRA commemorates the International Workers' Memorial Day in honor of all the injured and dead workers at workplace accidents and ill health.
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Particulars and enrollment until 12 May 2009, at:
Buenos Aires: 3 positions for Family Medicine, 2 positions for Internal Medicine and 2 positions for General Surgery.
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Newspaper report to Gerardo Martinez, UOCRA General Secretary in Página 12 Newspaper. During the interview, Gerardo Martinez expressed his pleasure for the sanction of Act 26494, which UOCRA has been fighting for 50 years, and he classified it “as a historical vindication for building workers”.
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The First Workshop on the Follow-up to the ILO’s Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy was celebrated on April 24, in the presence of Gerardo Martinez, Foreign Affairs Secretary of the Republic of Argentina CGT and Eduardo Rodriguez Calderón, Specialist on Workers' Activities in the ILO Bureau for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV).
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MultiForum Cono Sur 2009 is organised jointly by the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security of Argentina and the International Labour Organization (ILO).under the motto: “PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE LABOUR PRACTICES DURING THE CRISIS"
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Bernardo Kosacoff, prominent economist and Director of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), held a conference on the Global Economic Crisis, its Impact and Perspectives for Argentina.
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The Central Bank of Argentina approved the replacement of the former Handbook of Unemployment Fund, in shape and features, by the new Smart Card “I am a Building Worker” which has been fuelled by the Argentine Building Workers Union (UOCRA), supported by the Argentinean Chamber of the Building Industry [Cámara Argentina de la Construcción (CAC)] and implemented by the Institute for Building Industry Statistics and Registration [Instituto de Registro y Estadística de la Industria de la Construcción (IERIC)]
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Construir Salud, the building workers Health Insurance, held the XIIth National Conferences for Primary Health Care, the Vth National Meeting for SANUS Promotion and Prevention Programmes and the Ist National Conferences for Medical Administrators in the City of Mar del Plata on November 28 and 29.
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Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) World Board and Council members, a body with 324 affiliated unions, discussed key political issues and assessed the activities they have carried out in 2008 and the repercussions of the global financial crisis on BWI affiliates.
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City of Mar del Plata, November 28 and 29, 2008
Construir Salud organizes these Conferences and Meetings for multidisciplinary teams representing the Primary Care Medical Centers throughout the country.
The activities listed below were developed during the year 2008 by these Teams:
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UOCRA General Secretariat stipulated a mourning day and work stoppage for an hour at all building workplaces throughout the country on November 25, 2008 in memory of Ariel Quiroga who died in legitimate defense of building workers’ rights, as a result of irrational killer nature from those who want to impose by force the rights that should be defended through rational and legal means.
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Gerardo Martinez, President of the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) for Latin America and the Caribbean and UOCRA’s General Secretary, BWI affiliated organization, praised Fiona Murie’s appointee, Director of Health, Safety and Environment of the BWI, who was selected among the 50 most influential EHS leaders.
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Claude Giraud, recognized French sociologist with an extensive professional background in sociology applied to industrial and activity systems, socio-anthropology of work and sociology of mediation, spoke at UOCRA’s headquarters before the presence of more than 100 union delegates, national and sectorial union directors, union leaders and several CGT RA union consultants.
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UOCRA opened the doors of the new Trade Union Headquarter and The Primary Care Medical Center [Cemap] in the city of Puerto Madryn in an act that was graced with the presence of General Secretary, Gerardo Martinez, who inaugurated the facilities formally; members of National Secretariat, local authorities and more than 2,000 workers.
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Gerardo Martinez, Foreign Affairs Secretary of the Argentine Federal Confederation of Labour [CGTRA] and Coordinator of the Argentine Economic and Social Consultative Forum, together with the Forum representatives received Marcos Peña Pinto, President of the Economic and Social Council of Spain at Uocra Headquarters.
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Gerardo Martinez, Foreign Affairs Secretary of the Republic of Argentina CGT, hosted the conference offered by the renowned and prestigious French sociologist, François Dubet, professor at the University of Bordeaux and investigator at the Center of Sociological Analysis and Intervention [CADIS] of the High Studies School on Social Sciences of Paris [EHESS] at the Workers Union venue.
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The Regional Specialist in Working Education ACTRAV - ILO Lima, Carmen Benítez, visited Gerardo Martinez as Member of the ILO´s Governing Body and Foreign Affairs Secretary of the Argentine Federal Confederation of Labour CGT-RA at Uocra headquarters on October 15. Important social labor issues that affect workers of our region were discussed and exchanged their opinions
on the next agenda of activities.
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On October 8, Technical Specialist of the ILO Program of Multinational Companies, Mrs. Yukiko Arai was received by Gerardo Martinez, as Member of the ILO´s Governing Body and Foreign Affairs Secretary of the Argentine Federal Confederation of Labour CGT-RA. In this meeting, Mrs. Arai spoke about the new agenda for the preparation of a new methodology for the evaluation of the declaration of the ILO on Multinational Companies that was approved in November 2007 with its two later amendments.
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Gerardo Martínez shared the table with the anthropologist Ricardo Santillán Guemes, with Sara Liponezky de Amovet, for Entre Rios Vice-governor and Neuza Barboza de Lima, Secretary of the Woman Committee of Forca Sindical.
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For the Workers of the Industry who develop their work within oil and gas fields.
Compañeros and Compañeras[*] the signature of this new agreement is the successful coronation of more than four years of insistence and work of this union organization that honoring his basis and principles, offers to its workers a new tool that will doubtlessly dignify us by generating fair work conditions.
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“Construir Salud” opened a new Primary Care Medical Center in the city of Campana, with a special infrastructure concept for healthcare aimed at the building worker and his/her family.
The new facilities were officially inaugurated in a ceremony in the presence of Gerardo Martinez, General Secretary of the Argentine Building Workers Union [UOCRA] together with the Union
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CEMAP Tucumán, once again, was awarded the first prize of investigation in the VII CONGRESS OF ARGENTINE FEDERATION OF FAMILIAR AND GENERAL MEDICINE, which took place at the city of Termas de Río Hondo in the Province of Santiago del Estero from September 8 to 12 . This is the third consecutive year that this team is awarded this important prize of investigation in Primary Health Attention (A.P.S.).
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The remarkable sociologist, who is the Investigations Director of the School for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences at the University of Paris. and author, among other works, of The Metamorphosis of the Social Matter: Chronicles of a Wage-earner, [Original title: Métamorphoses de la question sociale: une chronique du salariat] spoke at the General Confederation of Labour (CGT) at the request of the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs in charge of Gerardo Martinez, before a large audience made up of union leaders and people specialized in our country’s labour issues.
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The Argentine Building Workers Union (UOCRA) carried out the first maneuvers of evacuation for cave-in at Aliviador Tunnel in Bermudez Basin, Martinez town. The aforementioned works are in full operation time and it will reach the extension of 9 km
Maneuvers consisted of an emergency rescue of a building worker under the application of strict evacuation measures, movement and assistance.
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The Memorandum of Understanding to start up the Decent Work Programme for Argentina 2008 – 2011 has been signed with the presence of Javier Gonzalez Olachea, Director of ILO Office Director for Argentina, Jean Maninat, ILO Regional Director, Dr. Carlos Tomada Minister of Labour and National Social Security, Gerardo Martinez UOCRA General Secretary and Foreign Affairs Secretary of the Argentine Federal Confederation of Labour [CGTRA] and Dr. Daniel Funes de Rioja President of the Argentine Industrial Union [UIA] Social Policies Department.
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Children’s Day for unionists and their families was celebrated with a mega party at UOCRA’s Sports Field were almost 14 thousand people gathered to enjoy the facilities, artistic and circus shows, such as Circo Criollo de los Hermanos Videla, inflatable jumping games, the happy train, and eventually, as the final touch, Piñón Fijo offered more than an hour show making everybody dance and sing.
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Last Wednesday July 2 was held the Tripartite Seminar “Decent Work and Youth in Argentina” organized by the ILO – PREJAL (“Project for Youth Employment Promotion in Argentina”) and the Ministry of Labour, which ended up by signing a Declaration that establishes consensual action lines for the promotion of decent and productive work for the Argentine Youth.
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The Plenary Meeting of the Coordination of Central Unions of the South Cone, whose General Secretary is Gerardo Martinez, as CGT representative [General Confederation of Labour] together with other main trade unions from Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and Chile that take part of it was carried out within the frame of the Summit of Presidents held in San Miguel de Tucuman on the 29th and 30th June.
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GERARDO MARTINEZ, ARGENTINE WORKERS TITULAR DELEGATE’S STATEMENT
On behalf of the Argentine workers I want to congratulate to Mr. President on your election and to the Director-General on his Report to the conference.
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Gerardo Martinez, General Secretary of the Argentine Building Workers Union [UOCRA] and Foreign Affairs Secretary of the Argentine Federal Confederation of Labour [CGT] was re-elected as Member of the International Labour Organization Governing Body (ILO) acting as representative of the Latin American workers for the term of office between 2008 and 2011.
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The extraordinary meeting between the Mercosur Consultative Economic and Social Forum and the European Economic and Social Committee was held at UOCRA Central venue.
Uruguayan, Paraguayan, Brazilian and Argentinean representatives were present in this important event.
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The Paraguayan executive officer Victor Baez, Titular member of the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA), affiliated to the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) in a meeting held in Buenos Aires, expressed “his total support to Gerardo Martinez further office, UOCRA General Secretary and General Confederation of Labour [CGT] Foreign Affairs Secretary, as Member of the International Labour Organization Governing Body (ILO) acting as representative of the Latin American workers.”
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Last Monday 5 May it was reopened the Primary Care Medical Center which belongs to “Construir Salud” (Building Workers health insurance) at the Province of Jujuy, in the presence of Gerardo Martinez, General Secretary of the Argentine Building Workers Union [UOCRA]. The building was enlarged and newly redeveloped, implementing a special infrastructure concept for healthcare.
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“Our commitment is to go on outlining the way to consolidate democracy, by reaching fair distribution of wealth and full enforcement of social justice for every worker and for our people glory.” Gerardo A. Martinez – UOCRA General Secretary – Foreign Affairs Secretary of the Argentine Federal Confederation of Labour [CGTRA]
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The International Workers’ Day is the ultimate celebration of the international labour movement. It was the Second International of Socialist and Labour congress, held in Paris in 1889, that declared 1 May as the date to commemorate the union struggle and tribute for Chicago martyrs who went on strike on 1 May 1886 to demand an eight-hour workday and better workplace conditions. It had close to 200,000 workers on strike.
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“Trade union rights are under threat world wide from unemployment, precarious jobs and exploitative labour practices” says Anita Normark General Secretary of the BWI representing 13 million workers in the construction and timber trades. We are calling on our 317 affiliates to march on the streets this Mayday to defend Trade Union Rights so that every worker has the right to Decent Work – that means the right to join the union, to organize and to collective bargaining.
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Last Thursday April 24 at 11 am, the UOCRA signed an agreement providing for participation in Plan FinEs [Plan for Primary and High School Completion in youth and adults] powered by the National Ministry of Education. The launching act of Plan FinEs took place in the White Salon of the Government House in the presence of National President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
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LXXI Ordinary Meeting of The Mercosur Common Market Group (CMG) held on April 15th and 16th took place at Palacio San Martín. On the 16th Mr. Gerardo Martinez, National Coordinator of the MERCOSUR Socio Economic Consultative Forum was present as “Pro Tempore” president.
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The 41st MERCOSUR Consultative Economic and Social Forum meeting, organized civil society representing body in Mercosur, took place at UOCRA venue on April 10th and 11th On the opening day, Gerardo Martinez UOCRA General Secretary and CGT Foreign Affairs Secretary received the participants on behalf of the Argentina pro tempore Presidency of the Regional Forum.
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Gerardo Martinez, UOCRA´s General Secretary, met with representatives of ILO delegation headed by its Director of Communications Ms Zohreh Tabatabai at the Union headquarters.
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Gerardo Martinez, UOCRA´s General Secretary and Dr Oscar Cuartango, Buenos Aires Labour Ministry concluded a Cooperative Bargain For Work Registration And Control Of the Workplace Conditions.
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The Argentine Building Workers Union [UOCRA] and the Argentinean Chamber of the Building Industry [CAC] have reached a joint agreement which represents a pay raise of 19.5% for the builder workers.
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The Socio Economic Consultative Forum, Division Argentina held Plenary meeting at UOCRA´s headquarters under the coordination of Mr Gerardo Martínez, as Foreign Affairs Secretary of the Argentine General Confederation of Labour (CGT) on February 13 2008.
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GERARDO MARTINEZ DEBATED ON THE WORKING WORLD IN THE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Gerardo Martinez, head of the Argentine Building Workers Union [UOCRA] and Foreign Affairs Secretary of the Argentine Federal Confederation of Labour [CGTRA] exposed on the topic “THE WORKING WORLD IN THE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS” developed within the frame of the course on this subject by the Chancellery for the National Foreign Service Institute [ISEN] candidates.
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CGT [GENERAL CONFEDERATION OF LABOUR] PRESENTED THE NATIONAL DECENT WORK PROGRAMME FOR ARGENTINA
Gerardo Martinez as CGT Foreign Affairs Secretary together with the Multidisciplinary Team for Decent Work of the aforementioned trade union, presented the National Decent Work Programme for Argentina before Javier González Olaechea, Director of the ILO office in our country.
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Continuous breach of prevention and labour safety rules in the workplace, that daily causes building workers either death or inability, has people to blame for:
* Employers who don’t respect prevention and safety rules.
* The Government of the City of Buenos Aires, who should exercise the labour police power in time, interrupting those workplaces where there are risks due to any breach.
We demand effective action, no opportunist explanations:
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The Argentine Builder Workers (UOCRA) opened its New Building Workers Training Center [CIFIC] number 407 in Mar del Plata city, which is added up to the large Net of Training Centers our union administers throughout the country by means of UOCRA Foundation for labour training.
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A TECHNOLOGICAL TOOL CREATED BY THE UOCRA THAT CONTRIBUTES TO FORMAL WORK, SPECIALIZATION RESPECT AND IMPROVES THE BUILDING WORKERS´LABOUR STANDARD MAKING BANKING ACCESS EASIER FOR THEM
The Argentine Building Workers Union (UOCRA) announces the launching of the Smart Card “I am a Building Worker”, at the vanguard of technology worldwide in labour registration systems through internet for the building industry which comes to replace the ordinary handbook of Unemployment Fund, becoming a key tool to fight informal or “unregistered” work, besides simplifying labour contracts paperwork procedures and adding several benefits to the building workers.
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General Secretary, Gerardo Martinez, Minister of Labour and National Social Security, Dr Carlos Tomada, the President of the Argentinean Chamber of the Building Industry [Cámara Argentina de la Construcción (CAC)] Engineer Enrique Wagner and national, provincial and municipal officials attended UOCRA Auditorium in order to deliver the adjudicative protocols for tool equipment corresponding to the first stage within the frame of the National Plan of Qualification for the Building Workers.
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Gerardo Martínez was unanimously elected as CCSCS General Secretary (Coordinating Committee of the Southern Cone Union Centers) in the plenary meeting held at Montevideo on May 16th.
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IT WAS SIGNED AT THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE WITH MORE THAN 6,000 BUILDING WORKERS GATHERED.
Once again, National President Dr Néstor Kirchner showed his affection for the building workers. More than 6,000 of them were gathered at the Government House where it was signed the second stage of the National Plan of Qualifications for the Building Workers between the UOCRA and the Labour and National Social Security Ministry.
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THIS IS THE WAY TO WORK
On Wednesday March 21st the Argentine Building Workers Union (UOCRA) carried out a diffusion and awareness journey called THIS IS THE WAY TO WORK. It was focused on the importance of the employer´s supply of personal protective equipment at workplace and the worker´s use, framed in the continuous Campaign on prevention of labour risks in the Building Industry
The campaign lasted the whole day from 8 am to 6 pm, and was held at different Buenos Aires City places as well as at railway stations where building workers and Labour Safety and Hygiene technicians installed diffusion stalls and handed out leaflets and information on the particular subject to raise awareness about the importance of generating a comprehensive culture of prevention and life protection.
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MINISTERS DE VIDO AND TOMADA ARE PRESENT IN THE OPENING OF THE NEW BUILDING WORKERS TRAINING CENTER
The New Building Workers Training Center [CIFIC] opening ceremony was held with the presence of Gerardo Martinez, General Secretary of the Argentine Building Workers Union [UOCRA] and Ministers for Federal Planning and Services, Julio De Vido and for Work and Social Security, Carlos Tomada, at UOCRA´s old venue: Rawson 42 Capital Federal
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Yesterday, Labour Minister, Carlos Tomada, and UOCRA General Secretary, Gerardo Martinez, signed a cooperative agreement to fight “unregistered work” and to promote training activities for the Building Industry.
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Compañera * President, compañeros at the table, compañeras and compañeros:
Argentina CGT is honoured, not only to be here during these pivotal days for workers all around the world, but also to express, in few words, the meaning the continuous unitarian strategy of the union’s movement for us and the birth of this new tool: The International Confederation of Trade Unions.
[*] Distinctive greeting for trade unionists in Argentina similar to comrade.
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FUNDING CONVENTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION ALLIANCE IN VIENNA [Spanish acronym CSI] |
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GERARDO MARTINEZ WAS NAMED MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE NEW HEADQUARTER AS A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE ARGENTINE WORKERS MOVEMENT.
At the Funding Convention of the International Trade Union Alliance’s opening session, as a result of the fusion between the Free Convention of the International Trade Union [Spanish acronym CIOSL] and the World Convention of Workers [Spanish acronym CMT], held in the city of Vienna, UOCRA General Secretary and Foreign Affairs CGT General Secretary, Gerardo Martinez was named member of the Executive Board of the new international headquarter for the Argentine Workers Movement.
The Convention, where more than 400 trade unions representing 140 countries took part, started its speech with the first appointments of the new representatives as a starting point of a new process that represents trade union’s unity of workers all around the world.
This new stage that the unified unions are facing world wide, implies to put into new policies and actions to face, as a whole, the defence of the workers rights against the strategies that economic factors in the global world set forth as a challenge for the trade unions. The new alliance declares itself as unitarian and pluralist consolidating action strategies to support in solidarity the decent work conditions in force for the workers all around the world.
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SANUS. Campaign for the Diabetes Week from November 13th to 17th |
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Within the SANUS Program’s framework, and because on November 14th it is the “ World Diabetes Day” during the week from November 13th to November 17th we have planned to launch the Campaign for the Diabetes Week
During those days Cemaps will test glycemic levels, deliver speech on the topic and give out printed information.
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