Overview
- Mayor Emiliano Durand signed a decree compelling Pedro Serrudo’s retirement after publicizing documents showing more than 50 years on the municipal payroll and sufficient contributions.
- At 77, Serrudo rejects the measure, claims union fueros, announces legal action, and says he will remain UTM secretary general until his mandate ends in September 2026.
- The decree specifies his municipal employment ends once he accesses ANSES pension benefits, following decades on paid union leave dating back to 1993.
- A municipal official said four of Serrudo’s children hold jobs in the city government and alleged irregular use of a concession under Plaza España by one of them.
- City authorities frame the case as ending entrenched privileges and note administrative records date to a 2013 demand that Serrudo begin retirement procedures.