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Argentine Unions Call for National Strike Against Labor Reform

The ATE union and allied unions have announced a national strike for the day the controversial labor reform is debated in the Senate. Union leadership insists on the need to unite with other worker organizations to strengthen the protest and calls on provincial governors not to support the project.


Argentine Unions Call for National Strike Against Labor Reform

The ATE union and allied unions called on Tuesday for a national strike with a mobilization for the day the labor reform is treated in the Senate and are evaluating advancing forceful measures in the first days of February in the provinces whose governors support the government's project. The Front of State Unions and Public Company Unions promoted by ATE will seek to extend this measure to the most 'combative' sector of the CGT during a meeting they will hold this Wednesday at the UOM headquarters. After the meeting that ATE held at the Hector Quagliaro union hotel, the general secretary, Rodolfo Aguiar, stated that 'going on strike, to a general strike on the day the labor reform is treated is absolutely necessary and obligatory for the labor movement, but it cannot be an isolated measure'. At the same time, multiplying the power that employers have.