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Meeting with young workers from Argentina and Uruguay
Published: 18 October 2010
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Buenos Aires. More than twenty young workers from different union organisations affiliated to UNI Americas which are part of the Argentine Young Workers’ Network, held a meeting on October 12th with the new Inter Professional Group Regional Coordinator, colleague Briceida Gonzalez, who was visiting Argentina and Uruguay with the aim of getting involved with the activities of young workers in the region. The Argentine meeting took place at the Office of UNI Americas for the Southern Cone, and dealt with the multiple activities the Network carries out in the region, which are: annual campaigns, young workers training seminars, decent work. These activities are being developed with the support and collaboration of all the Argentine unions. About the issue of young workers’ training, Juan Martín Sánchez from FUVA commented that new subjects of interest for the young have been incorporated to the programmes such as: occupational health, collective negotiation, employment and environment; about this last one he pointed out that unions should be present at the committees and anywhere where this subject is discussed, and also wherever the state or regional policies are decided in relation to this important subject, and he asserted that unions should have a voice at the moment of their execution. Young workers made contributions to the debate and expressed that sustainable consumption and fair transition must also be taken into account when treating this subject; workers shall not absorb the cost of transition, that is to say, we must take care of the environment, but at the same time we must preserve and improve employment. A group of young workers joined together at the premises of the Association of bank Employees of Uruguay, AEBU. Fernando Gamberra, President of the organisation expressed his satisfaction for the initiative of UNI Americas to consolidate its presence in Uruguay through the impulse for the creation of young and women’s work networks. Young workers from ALPU, AEBU and FUECYS (the last one recently affiliated to UNI), participated at the meeting. Gamberra pointed out that AEBU and FUECYS have an immediate challenge of coordination and joint action in the Uruguayan labour movement. There is no doubt that this meeting will be the best framework to integrate young union leaders in the diverse activities that UNI Americas develops in the region. Contact: briceida.gonzalez@uniglobalunion.org |
