Argentinian metalworkers are ready to go on strike

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Striking workers at Acindar AceroMittal in Argentina have issued a call for broader action, while aircraft refuelers are set to walk out in Seattle.

Argentinian metalworkers are ready to go on strike

At the same time, the Argentinian Transportation Union (UTA) is giving President Javier Milei’s government a deadline of Monday to resolve an increase in the salaries of urban and suburban transport drivers, or they will go on strike tomorrow, Tuesday. The UOM, which has suffered the dismissal of thousands of workers, said in a communiqué that it will paralyze activities for 24 hours on Wednesday in all the factories of the country, as part of t…

The Metallurgical Workers’ Union (UOM) confirmed that next Wednesday, May 7, will begin the first of six stoppages in steel and metallurgical plants, in demand of “free joints” and in rejection of the “anti-industrial” policies of the government of Javier Milei. This measure will impact “strong” in Rosario and region, as confirmed by Antonio Donello, Secretary General of the local UOM. The union action, which will begin with a 24-hour cessation …

The union that heads Abel Furlan thus initiates a plan of struggle that will include in the next weeks 48 and 72 hours stoppages

"There will be a 24-hour strike, another 48-hour strike and another 72-hour strike if a solution is not reached," they said in the metallurgical guild.

The Union of Metallurgical Workers (UOM) will hold a 24-hour national strike on Wednesday, May 7, as part of the beginning of a new plan of struggle promoted by the union. The measure reaches all factories in the country and takes place in the framework of a demand for “free paritarians” and in rejection of the “anti-industrial” policies of the government. “On Wednesday, May 7, we will carry out a total cessation of activities for 24 hours in al…