EDUCATION & LABOUR Teachers' unions call national strike after failure of wage talks 29-02-2024 16:36 Education workers associated with CGT umbrella union group to stage walkout on Monday in protest at failure of wage renegotiation talks and spending cuts.
INDUSTRIAL ACTION Around 400 flights cancelled as aviation workers strike 28-02-2024 16:21 More than 35,000 passengers have been affected by the cancellation of more than 400 flights after Argentina's aviation workers walked off the job on Wednesday.
EDUCATION Classes start in the City, seven provinces amid strike talk 26-02-2024 17:06 In addition to Buenos Aires City, classes got underway are starting in Córdoba, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Formosa, Mendoza, San Luis and Santa Fe. However, there are unions joining the industrial action announced by the CTERA education workers’ union.
LABOUR AND SOCIAL UNREST Protests, strikes, unions 'on alert’: unrest against Milei's government grows 23-02-2024 07:26 Javier Milei is moving forward with steep spending cuts in a bid to achieve fiscal balance, but sectors are showing their reluctance – social and labour unrest on the rise. Just 75 days into his term in office, pressure on the president is growing.
EDITORIAL The four horsemen 27-01-2024 07:35 The general strike should be deemed not so much a success or a failure as a somewhat irrelevant blip within what gives every indication of being a long hot summer and a traumatic year.
ANTI-MILEI MARCH ‘Great struggle’ begins as protesters rally against Milei’s reforms 25-01-2024 01:33 Tens of thousands of demonstrators descended on the Plaza del Congreso in Buenos Aires on Wednesday to protest the Milei government’s economic reform bid. by Ashton Goren & Martha Contreras
ANTI-MILEI PROTEST Thousands swarm Buenos Aires' streets to protest Milei’s reforms 25-01-2024 00:39 Thousands flooded the streets and avenues surrounding Congress during a mass protest on Wednesday in Buenos Aires organised by the CGT, one of the nation’s oldest and most powerful union groups.
INDUSTRIAL ACTION Union leader Moyano sparks controversy with speech at march 24-01-2024 17:11 Unions joined national strike measure organised by the CGT umbrella grouping. Camioneros leader Pablo Moyano sparks controversy by warning Economy Minister Luis Caputo that "workers will carry him and throw him into the Riachuelo" river.
ANTI-MILEI MARCH Gallery: Images from CGT-led strike against Javier Milei's reforms 24-01-2024 14:46 A collection of images from the general strike led by the CGT umbrella union grouping in response to President Javier Milei's proposed reforms.
POLITICS & LABOUR Unions take to streets in challenge to Milei's reform push 24-01-2024 13:53 Thousands of protesters had gathered by midday in the heart of Buenos Aires for what is expected to be the biggest demonstration in years, called by Argentina’s main union, the CGT, against President Milei's proposed economic reforms.
ANTI-MILEI MARCH General strike poses test for Milei’s austerity plan 24-01-2024 12:46 Argentina strikes: Javier Milei confronts unions in key test of austerity plan.
STRIKE HITS AVIATION SECTOR Anti-Milei strike leads to mass flight cancellations 24-01-2024 09:45 State airline Aerolíneas Argentinas forced to cancel more than 260 flights due to CGT’s anti-Milei walkout; Low-cost carriers JetSmart cancels all business for the day, while FlyBondi moves operations to Ezeiza; More than 20,000 travellers affected.
LABOUR UNREST General strike: Milei to face first great challenge against reform push 23-01-2024 19:25 Libertarian leader Javier Milei will face on a general strike on Wednesday called by Argentina's biggest union grouping.
LABOUR RIGHTS Government to dock day’s pay from striking state workers 18-01-2024 15:24 Presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni confirms that Javier Milei administration will dock a day’s salary from state-workers who join the CGT umbrella union grouping’s demonstration on January 24.
Editorial Hostages of fear 28-07-2023 21:41 Both a consensus approach and firm action are potentially valid avenues to a solution but both are also means towards ends and will depend entirely on their results – by themselves they are merely vapid campaign rhetoric.
TRANSPORT CHAOS Massive bus strike sparks transport chaos in the capital 07-07-2023 15:40 A massive bus strike over a pay dispute complicated public transport in and around the capital on Friday, dampening the mood of passengers and causing chaos for commuters in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area.
TRANSPORTATION Strike halts 50 bus lines in Buenos Aires metro area 27-02-2023 10:52 Bus-workers seeking pay debt offer announce immediate stoppage of more than 50 bus lines "until the situation is resolved." Situation affects thousands of passengers in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area and comes on day many kids start the school year.
Labour unrest Strike hits airports in Buenos Aires as labour tensions rise 27-09-2022 16:10 Flights cancelled at Ezeiza and Aeroparque Jorge Newbery due to a trade union action: Measure promoted by ATE workers union affects destinations including San Luis, Formosa, Jujuy, Rosario, Bahía Blanca and Río Grande.
LABOUR TENSIONS Strike paralyses tyre production, forces closure of car plants 26-09-2022 21:55 A strike by workers demanding higher wages has brought tyre production and activity at two major car factories in Argentina to a complete halt.
REFINERY EXPLOSION Oil and gas workers strike after three killed in Neuquén refinery explosion 22-09-2022 19:27 At least three killed after one of main crude oil tanks at New American Oil refinery in Plaza Huincul explodes; Local oil and gas union calls strike action while decrying lack of safety.
AGRICULTURE Farmers stage 24-hour strike against government, citing 'tax pressure' 13-07-2022 12:26 Farmers in Argentina ceased sales for 24 hours on Wednesday as agricultural industry leaders criticised government policy, tax pressures and fuel shortages.
INDUSTRIAL ACTION Workers in Chile strike at world's largest copper producer 22-06-2022 14:26 Workers at Chile's state mining company Codelco launched "indefinite" strike on Wednesday, protesting the closure of a foundry.
EUROPE UK hit by biggest rail strike in over 30 years 21-06-2022 15:30 Travel across British railway stations ground to a halt Tuesday as widespread strike action plunged commuters into chaos.