Sectors of the labor movement are pressing for the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) to hold a new general strike in response to the repression that took place during a retirees' march, where photojournalist Pablo Grillo was seriously injured. According to union sources, a combative sector within the CGT is promoting the possibility of declaring a new force measure at the national level in the next meeting of the Executive Council, scheduled for Thursday, March 20.
In a scenario where the CGT will meet at its headquarters at Azopardo 802 in Buenos Aires, the Executive Council was expected to present a new struggle plan against the administration. However, after the recent repression and the attack on Grillo, the possibility of calling for a new strike is being discussed.
"This is what is being talked about among different leaders, because the dialogists are losing ground," union sources pointed out, referring to the internal opposition faced by the triumvirs Héctor Daer, Octavio Argüello, and Carlos Acuña, as well as other figures from the moderate sector like Gerardo Martínez and Andrés Rodríguez. Another consideration within the union spectrum is that the eventual call for a strike could be part of the CGT's strategy to negotiate with the Government amid the bargaining processes and the resistance of the unions to the deregulation of the social security system.
The CGT issued a statement expressing its repudiation of the repression carried out by the government of Javier Milei and Security Minister Patricia Bullrich during the demonstration at Plaza Congreso. If carried out, this would be the third general strike of the CGT against Milei's administration, following strikes held on January 24 and May 9 of last year.
