Asociación de Trabajadores del Estado

What Asociación de Trabajadores del Estado does

Asociación de Trabajadores del Estado — Provincia de Buenos Aires (ATE PBA), legally known as Asociación de Trabajadores del Estado and operating under the trade names ATE PBA and ATE Provincia de Buenos Aires, is a non-profit labor union founded in 1925 and headquartered in La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It represents public-sector employees of the provincial government — including health, education, administrative, and municipal workers, as well as retirees through its Centro de Jubilados — and is the Buenos Aires provincial branch of ATE Nacional, affiliated with the CTA Autónoma labor confederation. The union operates through a Consejo Directivo Provincial, a network of local seccionales across the province's municipalities, and specialized secretariats covering Human Rights, Gender, Youth, Occupational Health, Disability, Training, and Legal Services, alongside the IDEP research institute on state and labor policy.

ATE PBA's core operational functions are collective bargaining (paritarias) with the provincial government on wages and working conditions, legal representation and reincorporation of dismissed workers, advocacy against privatization and austerity, mobilization through assemblies and street actions, and member services such as formation programs and retiree support. It does not operate a technology product; its digital presence consists of a website (atepba.org.ar) serving as a news and member portal, Facebook and Twitter/X accounts, and video content documenting union activity. There are no APIs, software products, or proprietary technology platforms.

The organization is funded by member dues rather than commercial revenue. Pricing is not applicable in a commercial sense, and the union explicitly is not a revenue-generating enterprise. Its distribution is via direct membership enrollment and grassroots seccionales, with no commercial GTM motion. Leadership is Secretary General Claudio Arévalo and Deputy Secretary General Eliana Aguirre, with Ezequiel Álvarez directing IDEP; senior figures sit on the Consejo Directivo Provincial. ATE PBA celebrated its centennial in 2025 and remains operationally active through 2026 as evidenced by ongoing paritaria negotiations and mobilizations.

Name

Asociación de Trabajadores del Estado

Legal name

Asociación de Trabajadores del Estado

Website

https://atepba.org.ar

Company type

Private

Founded year

1925

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

ATE PBA is a non-profit Argentine labor union founded in 1925 that represents Buenos Aires Province public-sector workers — including health, education, municipal, and administrative employees plus retirees — through collective bargaining, legal advocacy, and mobilization, operating as the provincial branch of ATE Nacional under CTA Autónoma.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

La Plata

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Asociación de Trabajadores del Estado (ATE) - Provincia de Buenos Aires is a labor union representing public sector employees across Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The union provides collective bargaining representation, legal support, occupational health services, and advocacy for state, municipal, health, and education workers. Founded in 1925, ATE PBA negotiates salary agreements (paritarias) with the provincial government, defends worker rights against privatization and layoffs, and supports retired members through its Centro de Jubilados. The organization is affiliated with CTA Autónoma and operates through local chapters (seccionales) across 23 provinces and CABA.

Product overview

ATE PBA operates as a unified member portal providing union services to public employees in Buenos Aires Province. The organization offers core services through its website, including membership enrollment (¡Afiliate!), collective bargaining information (Tabla Paritaria), and local chapter access (Seccionales). The IDEP research institute produces policy analysis on labor and economic issues. Specialized departments handle areas including Human Rights, Culture, Gender, Occupational Health, Youth, and Legal Support. The organization is governed by the Consejo Directivo Provincial. This is not a technology product company but a labor union providing member services through its digital platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

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Products and services

• ¡Afiliate! (Union Membership)
• Seccionales (Local Union Chapters) Local union chapters throughout Buenos Aires Province providing grassroots representation and direct member services.
• IDEP (Instituto de Estudios sobre Estado y Participación) Institute for studies on the state and worker participation, conducting research and publishing analysis on economic, social, and labor policy issues.
• Centro de Jubilados (Retirees Center) Retired workers center providing support, advocacy, and retirement benefits protection for retired public employees.
• Tabla Paritaria (Collective Bargaining Information) Collective bargaining information service displaying negotiated salary increases and working condition agreements reached with the provincial government.
• Secretarías y Departamentos (Specialized Departments) Network of specialized departments providing services including Human Rights, Culture, Gender, National/Provincial/Municipal Affairs, Training, Youth, Occupational Health, Disability, and Legal Services to union members.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CTA Autónoma (Central de Trabajadores de la Argentina Autónoma)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerATE is affiliated with CTA Autónoma, a major Argentine labor confederation. ATE PBA participates in CTA's actions, congresses, and electoral processes. The union emphasizes unity between CTA Autónoma and CTA de los Trabajadores in the province of Buenos Aires to confront neoliberal policies.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Public Services International (PSI): PSI is the global federation of public-sector unions and the international counterpart that CTA Autónoma affiliates coordinate with. Useful as a structural benchmark for how Argentine public-sector unions connect to global labor governance.
• CGT - Confederación General del Trabajo: CGT is Argentina's largest and most established labor confederation, historically dominant across all sectors. While primarily representing private-sector and industrial unions, CGT shapes the same collective-bargaining and political environment in which ATE PBA operates.

Regional players

• FeSiNoBi - Federación de Sindicatos de Trabajadores de la Sanidad de la Provincia de Buenos Aires: FeSiNoBi is the Buenos Aires Province private-sector healthcare workers' federation, complementing CICOP and ATE PBA in the health-segment worker representation space. It is a relevant peer for segment overlap on health-worker organizing.

Direct peers

• CICOP - Asociación de Profesionales de la Salud de la Provincia de Buenos Aires: CICOP is the Buenos Aires Province public-sector health professionals' union, directly overlapping ATE PBA's health workers segment. Both unions represent hospital staff and negotiate working conditions with the same provincial health authority.
• UPCN - Unión del Personal Civil de la Nación: UPCN is Argentina's other major national public-sector union and the principal competitor to ATE for representing state workers, including in Buenos Aires Province. Both unions compete in 'paritaria' salary negotiations and vie for affiliation among the same pool of government employees.
• CTA Autónoma (Central de Trabajadores de la Argentina Autónoma): CTA Autónoma is the national labor confederation of which ATE PBA is a member union. It coordinates collective action, congresses, and electoral processes across affiliated unions, making it both a parent and a strategic peer for federated mobilization campaigns.
• FEB - Federación de Educadores Bonaerenses: FEB is a Buenos Aires Province public-school teachers' union competing with SUTEBA and overlapping with ATE PBA's broader education-segment representation. All three unions negotiate aspects of public-education labor conditions with the same provincial authorities.
• ATE Nacional (Asociación de Trabajadores del Estado): ATE Nacional is the parent organization of ATE PBA and operates the same union model nationally across 23 provinces and CABA. While structurally related, ATE Nacional is the comparable anchor organization in other provinces and the source of shared strategy, branding, and CTA Autónoma affiliation.
• SUTEBA - Sindicato Unificado de Trabajadores de la Educación de Buenos Aires: SUTEBA is the dominant Buenos Aires Province education workers' union and overlaps with ATE PBA's 'Auxiliares de la Educación' segment. Both compete for and represent subsets of public school personnel in the province.
• CTA de los Trabajadores: CTA de los Trabajadores is the other major Argentine labor confederation and historical counterpart to CTA Autónoma. ATE PBA actively pursues 'unidad' with this rival confederation in Buenos Aires Province, making it a closely tracked peer in the same worker-representation space.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ATEBuenosAires
• Facebookfacebook.com/759229877487852
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/asociaci%C3%B3n-de-trabajadores-del-estado

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

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