Eric Campos, general secretary of the CUT and also a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (PC), says he has no doubts: the strike called for April 11 will take place with multiple demonstrations.
With almost a month left until the day of protest promoted, the second strong man of the CUT, in an interview with The counter, pointed out that the strike is not against the Government, but against right-wing sectors that oppose reaching agreements. However, the union leader launched harsh criticism against President Gabriel Boric.
“This is a Government that raised high expectations in the social movement. We not only voted for Boric because he was the lesser evil compared to Kast’s authoritarian alternative“We voted because it proposed a transformation program,” said Eric Campos.
His questions about Boric’s relationship with the unions occurred the same day that the Minister General Secretary of the Government, Camila Vallejo – also a member of the Central Committee of the PC – assured the opposite.
“We have a President who has a special closeness, like many of us, with the social world,” Minister Vallejo said on the occasion. And she added: “(We) come from there.”
The general secretary of the CUT, Eric Campos, emphasized that in the opinion of the CUT it is evident that it is a Government that has had problems relating to the organized union world. “This is a Government that comes from social movements without much structure from student federations and I believe that this lack of expertise for the construction of dialogue has been noted. I would say that the most significant thing has been reaching 500 thousand pesos in July, the reduction of the working day by 40 hours. But an evaluation of how its implementation is going to be is pending there,” the leader told The counter.
“We met with the general secretaries of the parties in January, we explained the reasons for this strike and, therefore, I do not see why the Government or the Government parties are going to feel pressured. We cannot remain silent in the face of reforms that do not advance,” concluded Eric Campos.