Argentine workers launch general strike against Milei reforms, austerity
- Argentina's biggest trade unions staged a mass general strike against President Javier Milei's libertarian government, causing transportation disruptions.
- The 24-hour strike protested Milei's austerity measures and deregulation, leading to widespread closures and affecting millions.
- The strike aimed to defend democracy, labor rights, and fair wages, according to the CGT union.
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He blocked transport, schools, banks and shops to protest against the economic and labor market reforms wanted by the ultra-liberal president
Conservative Argentine President Javier Milei on Thursday faced his second general strike in five months in office. In the capital of Buenos Aires, public transport stopped for about three million daily passengers, schools, banks and gas stations remained closed, and utilities did not take out garbage.
Milei directly confronts the system in Argentina. The general strike shows: Trade unions and social movements are against it. The outcome is uncertain. The fight for a dignified life will surely continue.
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France24Argentina's Milei faces 2nd general strike in 5 months
Argentina's President Javier Milei faced his second general strike Thursday in just five months in office, as workers angered by austerity cuts brought the capital to a standstill.
Three Argentine labor unions have achieved high adherence today to the second general strike against government cuts by Javier Milei. In five months of management, the ultraright-wing leader has financially cut public education, science development, liberated food prices, medications, and basic services, and pushed poverty onto millions of people. Simultaneously, the so-called Basis Law, a 279-article compilation that aims to change the economic…
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