Jorge Altamira

Jorge Altamira (born José Saúl Wermus in 1942), is an Argentine activist and politician leading the Workers' Party (Partido Obrero) in Argentina.[1][2]

Jorge Altamira
Born
José Saúl Wermus

(1942-04-14) 14 April 1942
NationalityArgentine
OccupationActivist Politician

He was born José Saúl Wermus (sometimes spelled "José Huermus")[1] in Buenos Aires, on 14 April 1942.[3][4] Altamira's parents were ethnically Jewish but spiritually atheist and he was raised without religious conviction.[5] Son of a printing worker active in the Graphist Union, Altamira began participating in the labor movement at an early age, and took part in a number of strikes. Altamira had a son. He founded an advocacy magazine, Política Obrera, in 1964, and, later a party by the same name. The party was banned following the March 1976 coup, however, though in 1982, amid the political liberalization that preceded the 1983 return to democracy, he founded the Workers' Party of Argentina.[1] He was among five Workers' Party leaders arrested during the 1989 riots in Argentina on suspicion of incitement; the charges were later dropped.[6]

Altamira was elected to the Buenos Aires City Legislature in 2000. He pursued a vigorous labor rights agenda during his tenure at the legislature, and proposed a six-hour workday for Buenos Aires Metro employees working underground, a law protecting workers' self-management of bankrupt businesses, a hike in the minimum wage to cover the poverty line in the city (higher than in most of the rest of Argentina), and a universal healthcare coverage law.[7] He has unsuccessfully run for both a seat in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies, as well as for the Presidency, and is one of the nine members of the Co-ordinating Committee for the Refoundation of the Fourth International.[8]

He was the Workers' Left Front's no. 1 candidate for Buenos Aires city in the 2013 Argentine legislative election, but he did not obtain a seat.

References
  1. "Jorge Altamira". La Nación (in Spanish). 24 October 1999. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  2. Day, Alan John (1996). Political parties of the world. Stockton. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-56159-144-2.
  3. "Entrevista a Jorge Altamira". Politic Argentina (in Spanish). 13 July 2009. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  4. Hernán Brienza (2006). Silvio Frondizi: un francotirador marxista (in Spanish). Capital Intelectual. pp. 51, 58. ISBN 978-987-1181-67-4. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  5. "Altamira: "No soy ningún milagro"" (in Spanish). Perfil. 21 August 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  6. Clarín: Detienen a Altamira (3 June 1989)
  7. Jorge Altamira: Perfil Candidato Archived 14 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  8. "La venganza de Serra". El País (in Spanish). 10 November 2004. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
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