National legislators, municipalities from Entre Ríos and Corrientes, and representatives from the Provincial Ministry of Economic Development and the citrus, blueberry, pecan, and grape production chains participated.
This Monday morning, a meeting led by Mayor Francisco Azcué was held, convened by the Secretariat of Productive Development of the Municipality of Concordia, the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Province, the Citrus Federation of Entre Ríos, the Chamber of Citrus Exporters of Northeast Argentina, the Pecan Cluster, and the Association of Winemakers of Entre Ríos.
The objective of the meeting was to create a working group focused on the regularization of informal employment in production, harvesting, and packing tasks within fruit-growing activities, arising from the need to reverse this situation that negatively impacts both workers' conditions and public finances, as it generates unfair competition with the formal sector and limits economic growth and productivity.
The role of the national legislators representing the province of Entre Ríos, who participated virtually, is fundamental as they will be part of the future debate on the Labor Reform proposed by the National Government.
NECESSARY REFORM
In this regard, Azcué pointed out that this is the result of the joint work “that we have been carrying out since the beginning of our administration with the private sector, institutions, and organizations that represent the different productive chains of the region, with the idea of bringing proposals and contributions to the national legislators who will debate the Labor Reform, understanding that it is necessary, so that the private sector decides to invest, and today, those conditions are not good.”
In this aspect, the Mayor of Concordia considered that “there are current labor laws that are hindering the development of our region. We want a balanced reform; we do not want to harm the workers, but we do want to protect the producers and the private sector.”
Guillermo Bernaudo, Minister of Economic Development of Entre Ríos, celebrated the formation of the group, “hoping that the reform being proposed includes the greatest possible number of issues raised that would allow us to move forward and provide a solution to an issue that involves all the sectors represented here today.”
TRUE COORDINATION
Marcelo Tisocco, Mayor of Mocoretá, province of Corrientes, first thanked “that we were given participation, given that the productive block of northern Entre Ríos and southern Corrientes is the same, with the same problems and concerns; that is why we consider these types of meetings to be of utmost importance because they allow us to reach national legislators with proposals like those raised today, such as the regularization of personnel working in the sector so they do not lose benefits, as well as the reduction of labor costs.”
Finally, Dr. Jorge Sosa, a lawyer and specialist in Business and Labor Law, who was in charge of providing a contextualization of the employment situation, its limitations, and proposals for regularization, remarked that “this is true coordination between the public and private sectors, where the public sector has listened to the problems that arise in fruit-growing activities in general, referring to the registration of harvest and packing workers.”
In addition to the national legislators, municipal officials, and representatives of the Provincial Government and fruit chains, the municipalities of La Criolla, Estancia Grande, Chajarí, Puerto Yeruá, Villa del Rosario, Colonia Ayuí, Federación, Santa Ana, Mocoretá, and Juan Pujol, among others, participated.
This Monday morning, a meeting led by Mayor Francisco Azcué was held, convened by the Secretariat of Productive Development of the Municipality of Concordia, the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Province, the Citrus Federation of Entre Ríos, the Chamber of Citrus Exporters of Northeast Argentina, the Pecan Cluster, and the Association of Winemakers of Entre Ríos.
The objective of the meeting was to create a working group focused on the regularization of informal employment in production, harvesting, and packing tasks within fruit-growing activities, arising from the need to reverse this situation that negatively impacts both workers' conditions and public finances, as it generates unfair competition with the formal sector and limits economic growth and productivity.
The role of the national legislators representing the province of Entre Ríos, who participated virtually, is fundamental as they will be part of the future debate on the Labor Reform proposed by the National Government.
NECESSARY REFORM
In this regard, Azcué pointed out that this is the result of the joint work “that we have been carrying out since the beginning of our administration with the private sector, institutions, and organizations that represent the different productive chains of the region, with the idea of bringing proposals and contributions to the national legislators who will debate the Labor Reform, understanding that it is necessary, so that the private sector decides to invest, and today, those conditions are not good.”
In this aspect, the Mayor of Concordia considered that “there are current labor laws that are hindering the development of our region. We want a balanced reform; we do not want to harm the workers, but we do want to protect the producers and the private sector.”
Guillermo Bernaudo, Minister of Economic Development of Entre Ríos, celebrated the formation of the group, “hoping that the reform being proposed includes the greatest possible number of issues raised that would allow us to move forward and provide a solution to an issue that involves all the sectors represented here today.”
TRUE COORDINATION
Marcelo Tisocco, Mayor of Mocoretá, province of Corrientes, first thanked “that we were given participation, given that the productive block of northern Entre Ríos and southern Corrientes is the same, with the same problems and concerns; that is why we consider these types of meetings to be of utmost importance because they allow us to reach national legislators with proposals like those raised today, such as the regularization of personnel working in the sector so they do not lose benefits, as well as the reduction of labor costs.”
Finally, Dr. Jorge Sosa, a lawyer and specialist in Business and Labor Law, who was in charge of providing a contextualization of the employment situation, its limitations, and proposals for regularization, remarked that “this is true coordination between the public and private sectors, where the public sector has listened to the problems that arise in fruit-growing activities in general, referring to the registration of harvest and packing workers.”
In addition to the national legislators, municipal officials, and representatives of the Provincial Government and fruit chains, the municipalities of La Criolla, Estancia Grande, Chajarí, Puerto Yeruá, Villa del Rosario, Colonia Ayuí, Federación, Santa Ana, Mocoretá, and Juan Pujol, among others, participated.