US EditionArgentine Unions in the Street over Milei Labor Reforms
Thousands protested Argentina's labor reform bill that limits strike rights and reduces severance pay, with nearly 40% of workers currently undeclared, unions say.
- On Dec 18, 2025, the General Confederation of Labor led a protest at Plaza de Mayo, paralysing downtown Buenos Aires and replicating in other cities to influence lawmakers.
- A Senate committee on Thursday began examining a labour bill that reduces severance pay, allows 12-hour workdays, and limits workers' right to strike, amid protests.
- The government says employers must obtain workers' consent before introducing flexible conditions like non-monetary pay , while unions argue reforms erode rights and Jorge Sola, CGT leader, said `We don't want fewer rights, we want more work, more dignity`.
- Congress has entered a period of special legislative sessions as Argentina's oilseed workers called a 24-hour strike despite center-left Peronist opposition, and the labour reform is expected to advance.
- After October midterm legislative elections, La Libertad Avanza increased its congressional presence, giving President Javier Milei momentum as he says reforms will boost formal employment and reduce bureaucracy.
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On Thursday, 18 December, thousands of protestors protested in the Argentine capital against a bill that reduced the rights of employees and the resources of trade unions. The government gave up having the text voted in an "express" manner, for lack of sufficient support for Parliament.
Argentina's largest union federation organized mass protests today against the government's proposed labor law reform.
This Thursday the city of Buenos Aires has become the epicenter of a massive protest against labor reform, promoted by the government of President Javier Milei in Congress. Thousands of people gathered in historic Plaza de Mayo with the aim of demonstrating against the project that seeks to modify the labor laws. Mobilizations were also carried out in different parts of the country. Launching the "work modernization" represents one of the main o…
The Straits Times
'More dignity': Argentine unions march against Milei's labor reform
BUENOS AIRES, Dec 18 - Argentina's main union federation led a massive demonstration on Thursday against a government labor reform bill that seeks, among other measures, to put limits on the right to strike and modify employee working hours and severance pay. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The concentration, called by the trade union centers, social and political organizations, rejects an initiative that takes back labour relations at the beginning of the 20th century A crowd marched to the emblematic Plaza de Mayo in rejection of the labor reform project promoted by Javier Milei's ultra-right government. The concentration, convened by the General Confederation of Labour (CGT), the two sides of the Çentral de Trabajadores de la Ar…
Massive Protest Erupts Against Argentina's Controversial Labor Reform
Massive Protest Erupts Against Argentina's Controversial Labor Reform A massive demonstration organized by Argentina's main union federation took place on Thursday in Buenos Aires, as workers protested against a government labor reform bill. The bill proposes limitations on the right to strike and modifications to employee working hours and severance pay.President Javier Milei, who has pitched the reform as a job creation measure and a way to re…
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