News of strike

Government brushes off general strike as workers walk off job

10-04-2025 15:27 Public-sector workers fail to turn up, complying with CGT-led call for third strike of Milei Presidency; Many shops remained open and public transport still an option with buses running nationwide;

POLITICS & LABOUR

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.

Labour tensions

Unions stage massive transport strike to pressure Milei

30-10-2024 22:00 More than a million passengers affected by massive union-led strike; Over 1,800 trains, 260 flights cancelled as most transport adheres, with only buses left running.

Labour unrest

Labour tensions erupt as Milei faces three strikes in a week

29-10-2024 21:18 Three strikes this week as union leaders ramp up pressure on President Javier Milei's government. First state workers walk off jobs, followed by transport strikes on consecutive days.

ENERGY & GAS

Oil workers strike after death after Vaca Muerta drilling field

09-10-2024 11:20 Vista Energy reports death of Miguel Fernández, 40, following an accident at Bajada del Palo Oeste field at Vaca Muerta formation; Unionised workers stage protest as they demand “no for more deaths” and call for more investment in safety.

INDUSTRIAL ACTION

Transport unions call 24-hour strike for October 30

09-10-2024 08:52 Day-long transport strike set for October 30; Will affect trains, planes, ships and possibly buses too.

Economy and U.S

Biden says prolonged US port strike would be ‘man-made disaster’

03-10-2024 11:14 UF President Joe Biden pressures US port employers and shipping lines to restart talks with striking dock workers.

EDUCATION

Teaching staff at public universities stage 48-hour strike

20-08-2024 12:06 Strike at state universities gets underway with no classes scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday; Unions claim the government's wage renegotiation proposal is insufficient as Milei administration looks to cut costs.

POLITICS & LABOUR

Milei faces second major strike as Argentina resists austerity

09-05-2024 10:40 Argentines woke up Thursday to the country’s second national transport strike since President Javier Milei took office in December.

INDUSTRIAL ACTION

Massive transport strike called for May 6: No trains, underground, planes or ports

30-04-2024 16:09 Walkout was called by the CATT Argentine Confederation of Transport Workers and will affect nearly all forms of transport.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

Soybean crushers strike just as harvest gathers pace

29-04-2024 17:54 Workers at soy-processing plants have gone on strike just as farmers are collecting the crop.

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.

INDUSTRIAL ACTION

Around 400 flights cancelled as aviation workers strike

28-02-2024 16:21 More than 35,000 passengers have been affected by the cancellation of more than 400 flights after Argentina's aviation workers walked off the job on Wednesday.

EDUCATION

Classes start in the City, seven provinces amid strike talk

26-02-2024 17:06 In addition to Buenos Aires City, classes got underway are starting in Córdoba, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Formosa, Mendoza, San Luis and Santa Fe. However, there are unions joining the industrial action announced by the CTERA education workers’ union.

LABOUR AND SOCIAL UNREST

Protests, strikes, unions 'on alert’: unrest against Milei's government grows

23-02-2024 07:26 Javier Milei is moving forward with steep spending cuts in a bid to achieve fiscal balance, but sectors are showing their reluctance – social and labour unrest on the rise. Just 75 days into his term in office, pressure on the president is growing.

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.

INDUSTRIAL ACTION

Union leader Moyano sparks controversy with speech at march

24-01-2024 17:11 Unions joined national strike measure organised by the CGT umbrella grouping. Camioneros leader Pablo Moyano sparks controversy by warning Economy Minister Luis Caputo that "workers will carry him and throw him into the Riachuelo" river.

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.

ANTI-MILEI MARCH

General strike poses test for Milei’s austerity plan

24-01-2024 12:46 Argentina strikes: Javier Milei confronts unions in key test of austerity plan.

STRIKE HITS AVIATION SECTOR

Anti-Milei strike leads to mass flight cancellations

24-01-2024 09:45 State airline Aerolíneas Argentinas forced to cancel more than 260 flights due to CGT’s anti-Milei walkout; Low-cost carriers JetSmart cancels all business for the day, while FlyBondi moves operations to Ezeiza; More than 20,000 travellers affected.

LABOUR UNREST

General strike: Milei to face first great challenge against reform push

23-01-2024 19:25 Libertarian leader Javier Milei will face on a general strike on Wednesday called by Argentina's biggest union grouping.

LABOUR RIGHTS

Government to dock day’s pay from striking state workers

18-01-2024 15:24 Presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni confirms that Javier Milei administration will dock a day’s salary from state-workers who join the CGT umbrella union grouping’s demonstration on January 24.

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.

TRANSPORT CHAOS

Massive bus strike sparks transport chaos in the capital

07-07-2023 15:40 A massive bus strike over a pay dispute complicated public transport in and around the capital on Friday, dampening the mood of passengers and causing chaos for commuters in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area.