The Argentine government is implementing an anti-picketing protocol ahead of a union strike. This decision was confirmed by official sources in response to a query from the Noticias Argentinas news agency. In light of the upcoming demonstrations, the Ministry of Security, led by Alejandra Monteolivada, has decided to implement a protocol that empowers federal security forces to intervene in cases of protests that disrupt the circulation of people and transportation. The forces will be able to act without a judicial order, but they are not permitted to carry "lethal weapons." This measure is complemented by monitoring and tracking of events that will be carried out by the Federal Unified Command (CUF) throughout the day. This command is tasked with coordinating special inter-force deployments within a defined perimeter (in this case, downtown Buenos Aires, where union protests will take place), "optimizing organizational and operational capabilities," as stated in the resolution creating the CUF, No. 403/2024. The command is composed of the Secretariat of Security, the National Directorate of Criminal Intelligence, the Federal Police, the Gendarmerie, the Naval Prefecture, the Airport Police, the Federal Penitentiary Service, and representatives of the city of Buenos Aires, who will also be attentive to what happens in the district. So far, only the march of the United Front of Unions (FreSU) to the Congress is planned in protest and coinciding with the text's treatment in the Chamber of Deputies. "In the attempt to advance against the historical rights of workers, FreSU maintains that it is necessary to move the resistance to the streets. For this reason, it calls on all unions that want to join and all workers to express themselves throughout the country, with its epicenter at the Plaza of the Two Congresses," states the union call that has the Oilseed Federation and ATE as protagonists.
