As can be seen, not only is the national government maintaining the policy of adjustment against retirees, but at the same time the repression against them is deepening. This time it was the turn of the Buenos Aires City Police to act.

For these guys, every opportunity is good to demonstrate their hatred towards workers.

Faced with this incontestable reality, we must work towards the unity of the working class in order to defeat the far-right project. Likewise, generate the political initiatives that allow us to build a just and democratic society defined by workers.

NATIONAL COORDINATING BOARD OF ORGANIZATIONS OF RETIREES AND PENSIONERS OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC

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The Retiree Advocate slate received 17,226 votes, or 63 percent of the total, while Unity got 10,114 votes. The Retiree Advocate caucus, led by rank-and-file organizers, has fought against the city of New York’s efforts to switch their retired member’s health insurance from Medicare to Medicare Advantage.

Bennett Fischer who was elected as chapter leader, said “We’re teachers, we oppose the privatization of education. We should be equally opposed to the privatization of our great health care system”. Fischer also explained that he wants to bring democracy to the chapter. The retired teachers chapter has about 70 thousand total members.

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