News of labour

EU ‘very close to closing’ agreement with Mercosur, says Spain PM

23-10-2024 16:20 The European Union is "very close to closing" the long-delayed free-trade agreement with Mercosur trade bloc, said Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.

Labour unrest

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.

CUTBACKS AT STATE AIRLINE

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.

UK ELECTION 2024

New UK PM Starmer vows to 'rebuild Britain' after landslide election win

05-07-2024 10:46 Keir Starmer becomes Britain's new prime minister after his centre-left opposition Labour party swept to a landslide general election victory. Rishi Sunak concedes defeat, bringing to end to 14 years of right-wing Conservative rule.

UK ELECTION 2024

Labour hoping for historic win as UK voters go to the polls

04-07-2024 14:49 Polls show centre-left Labour party set for its first general election win since 2005 – making Keir Starmer the party's first prime minister since Gordon Brown in 2010.

UK ELECTION 2024

Keir Starmer: Britain's next prime minister

04-07-2024 14:38 Keir Starmer, named after Labour's founding father, is the centre-left opposition party's most working-class leader in decades, despite his knighthood.

Beyond the headlines

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

LABOUR TENSIONS

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.

POLITICS & LABOUR

Nation grinds to halt on second general strike of Milei Presidency

09-05-2024 12:37 Nationwide general strike called by CGT umbrella union grouping against President Milei’s “brutal adjustment programme” paralyses land and, sea, and air transportation services and forces many businesses to close shutters.

LABOUR UNREST

Unions ramp up protests against Milei’s labour reforms

06-05-2024 14:30 Workers' assemblies complicate transport in and around Buenos Aires, with social groups set to demonstrate on Tuesday and the CGT's nationwide strike scheduled for Thursday.

International workers' day

Thousands march on Workers' Day, voicing opposition to Milei's labour reform

02-05-2024 00:31 CGT mobilises and marches with criticism of the government and confirms general strike for next Thursday; United left-wing groups stage rally in Plaza de Mayo.

PRODUCTION & INDUSTRY

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.

CHILD POVERTY

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

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Wages suffered record drop after Milei devalued peso

26-03-2024 07:43 Private-sector wages fell the most in nearly three decades after President Javier Milei’s currency devaluation, according to a new government report.

ECONOMIC WOES

Suffering middle class continues to shrink under Milei

20-03-2024 13:44 Argentina's middle class is vanishing: amid fierce austerity, more and more people cannot afford schooling or medicine, even those holding down two jobs.

EDUCATION & LABOUR

Teachers' unions call national strike after failure of wage talks

29-02-2024 16:36 Education workers associated with CGT umbrella union group to stage walkout on Monday in protest at failure of wage renegotiation talks and spending cuts.

Inflation

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.

EDITORIAL

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.

SOCIAL UNREST ON RISE

Strikes and walkouts multiply as anger against Milei's austerity mounts

22-02-2024 21:05 Social unrest is growing, labour groups protest in response to President Milei’s belt-tightening measures; Railway staff, health workers, teachers and even scientists take to streets in protest.

ARGENTINA IN CRISIS

Milei’s ‘no money’ slogan put to the test – but is there patience?

22-02-2024 16:46 Enthusiasm abroad for Javier Milei's presidential project is not matched by growing unrest on the streets of Buenos Aires.

POLITICS & COURTS

Court rules Milei’s labour reform unconstitutional

30-01-2024 19:18 Court rules that the labour reform President Javier Milei tried to implement through decree is unconstitutional.

POLITICS

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.

EDITORIAL

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.

ANTI-MILEI MARCH

‘Great struggle’ begins as protesters rally against Milei’s reforms

25-01-2024 01:33 Tens of thousands of demonstrators descended on the Plaza del Congreso in Buenos Aires on Wednesday to protest the Milei government’s economic reform bid.

by Ashton Goren & Martha Contreras

ANTI-MILEI PROTEST

Thousands swarm Buenos Aires' streets to protest Milei’s reforms

25-01-2024 00:39 Thousands flooded the streets and avenues surrounding Congress during a mass protest on Wednesday in Buenos Aires organised by the CGT, one of the nation’s oldest and most powerful union groups.

ANTI-MILEI MARCH

Gallery: Images from CGT-led strike against Javier Milei's reforms

24-01-2024 14:46 A collection of images from the general strike led by the CGT umbrella union grouping in response to President Javier Milei's proposed reforms.

POLITICS & LABOUR

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.

POLITICS & LABOUR

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.

SECURITY & HUMAN RIGHTS

Milei government orders social groups, unions to pay for protest

13-01-2024 22:04 Security Ministry sends summons to more than a dozen unions and social organisations, ordering them to pay the state millions of pesos for the policing of recent demonstrations within 10 days.

POLITICS & JUDICIARY

First judicial setbacks for Milei’s reform push

05-01-2024 00:58 Labour appeals court suspends key portions of mega-decree after legal challenges from top union groups, dealing president a setback.

POLITICS

Court suspends Milei’s labour reforms, dealing president a setback

04-01-2024 00:51 President Javier Milei suffered his first judicial setback on Wednesday as the national labour appeals court suspended a key portion of his emergency mega-decree.

DEMONSTRATION ON WAY

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.

Anti-Milei protest

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.

POLITICS

Milei government draws up labour emergency reform package

19-12-2023 14:37 Javier Milei is spearheading a series of measures to promote registered employment. Government is yet to define whether they will be part of a bill for Congress or urgent decree.

ELECTION 2023

Rivals, union leaders claim hypocrisy as Milei cosies up to Barrionuevo

21-09-2023 20:25 Libertarian presidential candidate – a sworn enemy of the “political caste” – raises eyebrows as he develops ties with veteran trade union leader Luis Barrionuevo, appearing in public with him for the first time.

ELECTIONS 2023

Milei’s plan for Argentina: Dollarisation, scrapping taxes and more

14-08-2023 13:51 From ditching the struggling peso to eventually eliminating Argentina’s Central Bank, outsider presidential candidate Javier Milei has vowed to implement a series of bold — and perhaps unfeasible — measures.

Editorial

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.

ELECTIONS 2023: PROFILE

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.

PIONEERING MEASURE

Chile's Congress approves drop in work week to 40 hours

11-04-2023 18:00 Chilean Congress approves bill that will limit the working week to 40 hours, a measure that will be implemented gradually over the next five years.

ECONOMY & SOCIETY

Beef relief for butchers in Argentina? No more carrying half a cow

18-01-2023 12:27 Street scenes of butchers weighed down by half a cow carcass on their back could be a thing of the past after a new government ruling.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Kelly 'Raquel' Olmos: ‘Argentina has an exemplary labour movement’

05-11-2022 06:10 New Labour Minister Kelly 'Raquel' Olmos on Argentina’s labour movement, employment rights, collective bargaining, and Alberto Fernández’s re-election hopes.

by Jorge Fontevecchia