News of labour

Court suspends Milei’s decree limiting right to strike

02-06-2025 15:17 Labour court upholds injunction filed by CGT labour federation against presidential decree limiting the right to strike.

Anger from unions as Milei expands limits on right to strike

22-05-2025 23:34 Civil society groups and trade unions in Argentina slam President Javier Milei's "unconstitutional" decree limiting the right to strike.

CGT confirms 36-hour strike, starting next Wednesday

03-04-2025 15:58 Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT) umbrella union grouping, Argentina’s largest labour federation, confirms third general strike of President Javier Milei’s government will take begin April 9 and last 36 hours.

CGT labour federation calls general strike on April 10

20-03-2025 20:10 The CGT umbrella union grouping on Thursday confirmed that it will call a general strike – the third of President Javier Milei’s time in office – on April 10.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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. 

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.

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.

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.

‘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

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.

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.

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.

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.