Various sectors of trade unions, supported by truck drivers, are promoting the call for a new general strike against the government of Javier Milei. This occurs after the incidents during the demonstration of retirees in Plaza Congreso, where photojournalist Pablo Grillo was seriously injured.
Union sources informed Total News Agency (TNA) that the most militant wing of the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) is internally pressuring for a national strike to be approved at the next Board of Directors meeting, scheduled for Thursday, March 20. The CGT Board of Directors meeting is planned at the Azopardo 802 headquarters in Buenos Aires, where regional delegates are expected to discuss a new struggle plan against the libertarian management.
These tensions reflect the growing internal opposition to union leaders Héctor Daer, Octavio Argüello, and Carlos Acuña, as well as to other moderate figures like Gerardo Martínez (UOCRA) and Andrés Rodríguez (UPCN). Moreover, it is suggested that the potential call for a strike could respond to the need to strengthen the position of unions in wage negotiations and against the deregulation of the social security system, a measure proposed by the government.
In a statement issued this Wednesday, the CGT expressed its “strongest condemnation and profound indignation at the savage actions of the government of Javier Milei and Security Minister Patricia Bullrich, who, using millions in resources from the Argentine state, violently, recklessly, and illegally suppressed the demonstration in 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.
