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Argentina labor unrest widens: pension and strike actions
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Argentina labor unrest widens with widens: pension and union strike actions
President Javier Milei’s austerity measures have continued continue to fuel a spark broad wave of labour unrest. After the CGT‑CTA‑UTEP agreement to restart coordinated protests following the World Cup, a decree on 17 July removed the 2 % ceiling on extraordinary employer contributions to union “boxes,” a move praised by the CGT and criticised by other unions. On 22 July thousands of retirees marched on the National Congress and staged demonstrations in Formosa, Entre Ríos and other provinces, joined by the CGT, the two CTA federations, UTEP and dozens of social groups. They reiterated Their demands for include higher pensions, the restoration of the pension‑adjustment moratorium, full medicine coverage through PAMI and the reinstatement of the “Volver al Trabajo” cash‑transfer programme. Union leaders such as Camioneros head Pablo Moyano, ATE and AJER condemned Milei’s labour reform as a regressive law and warned it could trigger of further strikes. At the end of In late July the Unión Obrera Metalúrgica (UOM) gathered about 35 local sections around Buenos Aires to discuss scaling and the Federación de Sindicatos (FreSU) outlined coordinated action plans. The UOM discussed replicating the “Matanza” seccional model nationwide and to improve improving its union‑run health‑insurance scheme. In parallel, the Federación de Sindicatos (FreSU) scheme (Obra Social). FreSU set a calendar of actions through August–September, August‑September, including a joint meeting talk with ATE Córdoba, a planned nationwide strike of state workers and teachers, a hybrid hearing before the Inter‑American Commission on Human Rights, a protest protests against a proposed land‑expropriation law, a march to San Cayetano, the launch of a new FreSU index and an industry‑day demonstration. These coordinated moves signal an expanding protest front On 31 July the Asociación Trabajadores del Estado (ATE) formally notified the Ministry of Labour that now links pension grievances with broader labour‑rights campaigns across Argentina. it will hold a national strike on 3 August, joined by the Confederación de Trabajadores de la Educación de la Argentina (CTERA).
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