News of labour

Aviation worker strike affects more than 30,000 passengers

13-09-2024 13:59 A strike by pilots and crew demanding salary increases affected more than 30,000 passengers on Friday, according to Aerolineas Argentínas and unions.

Adorni: 1,500 jobs cut at Aerolíneas Argentinas in six months

04-09-2024 17:33 Milei administration has reduced the size of flagship carrier’s payroll by 13%, says presidential spokesperson.

Work in regress?

29-06-2024 04:27 How can having a job continue to be synonymous with making a living if there are around seven times as many people below the poverty line as jobless?

by Michael Soltys

Argentina’s union calls strike, to affect Vaca Muerta production

16-06-2024 08:39 The Union of Private Oil and Gas Workers says it will hold a 48-hour strike starting Tuesday.

Industry on the ropes: Tough times for factories as consumers cut back

24-04-2024 17:24 Factories are on the ropes between adjustment and recession in Argentina. Representatives of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs, or PyMES) warn drop in consumption is threatening the future of industry.

An X-ray of child labour in Argentina

17-04-2024 11:56 Neatly 15% of those aged between 5 and 17 are affected by child labour in Argentina, with huge disparities when it comes to socio-economic level, gender and location.

by Agustina Bordigoni

Banks warn against inflation bonds as price hikes cool

27-02-2024 11:36 Recession forecasts and a shrinking amount of money in circulation, as well as a narrowing gap between Argentina’s exchange rates and cooling inflation expectations, are driving investors to ease off inflation bonds.

Poverty also in the debate

24-02-2024 06:08 Discussing figures is one thing and denialism quite another – this applies to the human rights debate and it also applies to poverty.

Labour chapter of Milei’s decree declared unconstitutional by court

30-01-2024 18:53 Labour Court of Appeals delivers ruling blocking labour chapter of emergency DNU decree – case will be referred to the Supreme Court.

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.

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.

Buenos Aires braces for first general strike of Milei government

23-01-2024 11:54 Labour groups and social organisations will mobilise on Wednesday to demonstrate against Milei government’s reform plans, with a large turnout expected; Banks, public transport and even flights set to be affected.

CGT union calls first national strike over Milei reforms

29-12-2023 21:43 Javier Milei will face his first general strike after just more than a month in office; Argentina’s top umbrella union group calls for a nationwide protest against his plans to deregulate the country’s economy.

Protesters, summoned by CGT, protest against Milei's proposed reforms

27-12-2023 17:31 Marching at the behest of labour unions, protesters demanded the courts intervene to invalidate President Javier Milei's mega-decree they say would carve away at worker and consumer protections.

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.

Patricia Bullrich vows crackdown to halt sell-off

14-05-2023 08:06 Argentina is suffering economic carnage – this hard-liner thinks she has the solution.