Argentine FA directed by court to appoint a SADRA referee

The Union of Sports Referees of the Argentine Republic (SADRA) has been denouncing the discrimination suffered by its members in their appointments by the Argentine Football Association (AFA). Since the creation by AFA of its own association of referees (AAA), those in charge of the appointments suggested to referees to move away from SADRA in order to be able to referee. Those who did not agree were left without matches and are only collecting their basic salary, which is 55% less than the income they would have if they could referee matches, thus becoming a deliberate punishment from AFA toward the referees.

The recent ruling of the Labor Court of First Instance No. 30 decided in favour of SADRA in the case of Abel Marcelo Aredondo, who was not appointed to any professional match since April 2019, thus damaging his normal income for the mere fact of belonging to SADRA, and directed AFA to appoint Aredondo as referee when football resumes. 

Source: El Federal