On Saturday, June 6, at 10 in the morning, EnClave Libre opens a debate that goes beyond the world of law: what is really being discussed when people talk about "labor modernization." Labor lawyers Cynthia Benzion and Leonardo Elgorriaga analyze the reform and its impact on workers' rights. The event is hybrid, discounted and open to the whole community.
The proposal is titled The "Labor Modernization Law" as the destruction of social gains, and is part of the EnClave Libre series organized by Universidad Liberté together with the Víctimas por la Paz association. The invitation starts from an uncomfortable question: every time a reform promises to modernize work, which rights are left by the wayside?
What is at stake
Severance pay, working hours, collective bargaining agreements, the figure of the worker versus that of the "autonomous contributor." Behind the technical language of a labor reform lies much of the everyday life of millions of people. EnClave proposes reading that fine print with legal tools, but also political and historical ones: the gains being debated today did not fall from the sky, they were won.
The debate is not abstract. It directly affects all the workers who sustain their lives in precarious conditions; even those seeking to reenter the formal market after prison, and the cooperatives that defend self-managed work as an alternative to employment understood as punishment.
Who is speaking
Cynthia Benzion is a labor lawyer and union advisor. She was president of the Asociación de Abogados y Abogadas Laboralistas, from where she supported the defense of workers' rights in the toughest debates of the last decade.
Leonardo Elgorriaga is a labor lawyer and the author of numerous articles on labor issues. He coordinates the Study Group of the same association, a space for training and research on labor law.
Why this debate at Liberté
Liberté is made up of people in prison, victims of crime and of society, and formerly incarcerated people. Precarious work is now the reality of millions; for many of those who are part of this space, it is also the difference between rebuilding a life project or being left out. That is why a labor reform is read here from the perspective of those who feel every cutback in rights the most.
The EnClave Libre series is born of that conviction: that the great public debates —security, justice, and now work— be discussed with the community and not over its head. The discounted registration and the hybrid format aim to ensure that no one is left out because of distance or cost.
How to take part
The event is on Saturday, June 6 at 10 in the morning (Argentina time), in a hybrid format: in person for the members of Liberté and online, via video call, for the rest of the community. Registration is discounted and is done through the registration form; all the information about the event is on the official EnClave Libre page. Those who register receive the link to connect live and, at the end, a certificate of participation, also at no extra cost.
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