Press Release 1621 *Wednesday for Retirees* April 25, 2023

ON THIS MAY 1ST, INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE WORKING CLASS, OUR COORDINATING BOARD, WITH 55 YEARS OF EXISTENCE AND MORE THAN 31 YEARS OF CALLING AND PARTICIPATING IN THE "RETIRED WEDNESDAYS", WILL BE PRESENT AS ALWAYS ON THIS DAY OF STRUGGLE, UNTIL ACHIEVING OUR FAIR AND UNDEFERABLE DEMANDS A REALITY. NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE SHOWS US THAT WE WILL ONLY ACHIEVE IT WITH THE UNITY OF TRADE UNIONS, RETIRED, REGIONAL AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT FIGHT WITHOUT GIVING UP FOR THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL DEMANDS OF THE WORKING CLASS. On May 1, it was declared "International Workers' Day" at the Socialist Workers' Congress of the Second International held in Paris in 1889, in homage to the hundreds of thousands of American workers, and in particular to the Chicago Martyrs, in the days of struggle that stopped that country in 1886, demanding 8 hours of work a day, among other demands. This May 1st we reiterate: RETIREMENT IS A RIGHT, NOT AN OLD AGE SUBSIDY! We continue the fight for a true Public Pension System, Pay-as-you-go, Assisted and Intergenerational, against the privatizing pension policies that the IMF, an organism of the dominant economic and political groups of the global capitalist exploitation system, tries to impose on us. The Social Security System and the INSSJP (PAMI) must be directed and administered by representatives of active workers and retirees, with the participation of the State, the only guarantee for a retirement/pension and decent prevention and health care. Given the high rates, the increase in prices for food, housing, medicines and other necessities at this stage of life, we affirm that an emergency increase is necessary and urgent so that the minimum retirement pension covers the Basic Basket of an elderly person. Said increase must be applied proportionally in all scales. It is the responsibility of the State to resolve this situation urgently, putting an end to unregistered and/or precarious work; to unemployment and underemployment and also restore employer and state contributions. The bonus is not a solution, it is a palliative, like Law 27,705 Pension Debt Payment Plan. We call to participate in activities throughout the country this May 1st together with the whole of the working class. Long live the struggles of workers around the world! Long live International Workers' Day!

THE WAY IS THE UNITARY STRUGGLE

On April 12, there were two important mobilizations called, one by the Autonomous CTA and the other by the Self-convocation for the suspension of payment and investigation of the foreign debt.Members of the CTA A and other social organizations that adhered to the convening reasons participated in the first one. Among the most important are a Universal Basic Salary, an emergency increase for active workers and retirees, and an economic program that guarantees popular sovereignty and dignity. In short, No to the adjustment on the working class and the popular sectors.The action was carried out throughout the country with cuts and mobilizations and had the City of Buenos Aires as its epicenter, the main act taking place at noon in front of the Ministry of Economy of the Nation. A delegation of the Autoconvocatoria participated in the act making use of the word, on their behalf, the comrade Beverly Keene.Later, starting at 2:00 p.m., the march called by the Autoconvocatoria began, starting from the Obelisk to the Plaza de Mayo, where the closing ceremony was held. Numerous social, political, trade union, human rights, and retiree organizations participated. Among the latter, it is worth highlighting the presence of colleagues from the Retirees and Pensioners Coordinating Table, which a few days ago celebrated its proud 55 years of existence.As usually happens, the dear companion of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, Línea Fundadora, Nora Cortiñas, actively participated in the call.Numerous representatives of the participating organizations took the floor, as well as the general secretary of the CTA A, Hugo Godoy, who was present along with other colleagues from that union of workers.On behalf of the Coordinating Table, Marcos Wolman, highlighted the importance of the mobilizing initiative, as well as the direct relationship between the agreement and payment of the debt with the IMF and the situation of the vast majority of retirees and pensioners. They see and will see their poor material living conditions aggravated even more from the impositions of the international organization on the Government's economic policy, particularly towards the sector of workers and retirees. He placed particular emphasis on the objective of world economic power to turn retirement into a miserable subsidy for old age, opening the way for the voracity of the financial sector, with the creation of investment funds with the pension contributions of active workers. , such as the experience of the disastrous AFJP, a policy deployed by the IMF internationally.In his brief speech, he highlighted the five points of struggle of retiree organizations and called for unity in the struggles of trade union, union, piquetero, retiree, social, territorial organizations consistent with the interests of the working class and popular sectors to face and defeat the adjustment, and simultaneously create the conditions that allow us to build the political force for national and social liberation. Finally, he proposed to convene a unitary and fighting May 1st

Press Release 1618 *Wednesday for Retirees* April 4, 2023

1968-APRIL 4-2023. 55 YEARS AFTER THE CREATION OF OUR NATIONAL COORDINATING BOARD OF RETIRED AND PENSIONAD ORGANIZATIONS OF THE R.A., WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE IDEAS AND EXAMPLE OF MILITANCY OF COMPAÑERAS AND COMPAÑERAS THAT GAVE IT ORIGIN, WE CONTINUE THE FIGHT UNTIL WE MAKE THE GOALS A REALITY FOUNDING AND CURRENT OBJECTIVES FOR THE RIGHT TO LIVE WITH AUTONOMY AND DIGNITY IN THE RETIREMENT STAGE OF LIFE

As we have been pointing out and denouncing, the decree of the Executive Power of pesification of assets of the Sustainability Guarantee Fund is the continuity of the management, by the executive powers on duty, of the pension funds that come from the salaries and deferred income of the workers, for other purposes unrelated to obtaining retirement and pensions to live with autonomy and dignity. This situation is increased by the agreements established with the IMF by the previous government, which resulted in an external debt with the aforementioned organization, and which, even considering it illegitimate, illegal and hateful, was refinanced by the current government, without the essential prior investigation. the destination of those funds. A refinancing with the IMF agreeing on pension adjustments and reforms, which it applies internationally and which lead to converting retirement into a survival subsidy and privatization, as we already experienced with the Menemist AFJPs, to increase the super profits of banking and financial capital . The pension funds, including the Sustainability Guarantee Fund, must be directed and administered by representatives of active workers and retirees, and the State participating as responsible for Social Security. With unity and struggle, let us promote a great debate and popular mobilization, which wins the treatment and sanction in the Chamber of Deputies and in the National Congress, of the Project for a new Social Welfare Law, prepared by a group of trade union organizations and of retirees. In the bill, a priority is who should direct and administer the pension funds and it is established in Chapter III articles 13 to 34: ARTICLE 13.- The National Social Welfare Institute is created, which will function as a non-profit, non-state public law entity, with autarchy and economic, legal, financial, accounting and administrative autonomy.... ARTICLE 14- The purpose of the Institute will be: (inc. a) Administer the national retirement and pension schemes for dependent and self-employed workers, for which purpose it will have the powers, attributions and duties that the legal and regulatory provisions in force at the date of entry into force of this agreement to the National Social Security Administration (ANSES).... ARTICLE 15.- The Institute will be led and administered by a board of directors made up of seven (7) Directors, one of whom will act as President, elected by his peers. The Directors will be three (3) representing the workers, three (3) representing the retirees and pensioners and one (1) representing the National State. The Directors representing of the workers and retirees will be directly and democratically elected by the affiliates and beneficiaries of SIPA. The Director representing the National State will be appointed by the Ministry of Work and Social Security.