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CAMPAÑA INTERNACIONAL EN APOYO DE LOS COMPAS DEL SUBTE.
Por CORRIENTE SOCIALISTA EL MILITANTE -
Tuesday, Dec. 07, 2004 at 11:43 PM
http://argentina.elmilitante.org
The workers of the Buenos Aires Metro are involved in a struggle which is the
same that all Argentinean worker are involved in, or would like to be involved
in: for a just salary which allows us to live with dignity, to work under
reasonable conditions of security and hygiene, and that our rights as workers be
respected. METROVÍAS (the company that owns the Buenos Aires Metro) says they don’t have
the money to satisfy the demands of the workers, but this is absolutely false.
It brings in $230 million pesos each year ($80 million USD), and receives $65
million pesos ($22 million USD) in subsidies from the state. It also receives
additional money from the services it provides within the Metro: advertising,
rental of commercial properties, fiber optics, etc., which it does not include
in its totals. While salaries between 1993 and 2004 rose by 27 percent, the
number of passengers rose by 75 percent, ticket prices went up 55 percent, and
the company’s income rose by 350 percent. The increase demanded by the workers
amounts to just 7 percent of the company’s income, an amount that will be
covered by the projected rise in passengers over the next year. In other words,
the company would not lose any of its profits. So why does METROVÍAS refuse to acknowledge the just demands of the workers?
Because they want to increase their profits even more. The 39 directors who make
up the management of METROVÍAS earn a combined $600,000 pesos each month
($200,000 USD), and there are some who earn $44,000 pesos ($15,000 USD) every
month. And still these parasites want to earn more at the expense of the workers
and the passengers. METROVÍAS does not use its profits to invest in better security and quality
of service. The infrastructure is dilapidated, the metro cars are not in good
condition. The only investments are being made by the State with public
money. METROVÍAS wants to provoke a conflict by using the workers and passengers as
hostages so it can demand that the state approve of higher ticket prices and
increase subsidies to the Metro, in order to increase its profits. This is the
truth of the matter. As in the case of the telephone workers, the Metro workers
are giving all workers an example of the need to struggle against the bosses who
are very skillful in collecting millions by super-exploiting the workers and
continually raising rates. All support to the struggle of the Metro workers! METROVÍAS can pay! No to price raises! Re-nationalization of the Metro without compensation and under
workers’ and passengers’ control! Workers: let’s follow the example of the Metro and telephone workers
in making our own demands! -Corriente Socialista EL
MILITANTE- (Argentina) What are the Metro workers asking for? Solidarity messages for the Metro workers can be sent to: prensa@metrodelegados.com.ar Messages of protest can be sent to METROVÍAS demanding they satisfy the
demands of the workers at: webmaster@metrovias.com.ar See also the original Spanish version: Trabajador,
usuario ... APOYE LA JUSTA LUCHA DE LOS TRABAJADORES DEL SUBTEWorker, passenger...
Support the Just Struggle of the Metro Workers!