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Buenos Aires CGT to Discuss Response to Milei's Labor Reform

The CGT's board in Buenos Aires is determining protest measures against the labor reform. The organization is internally debating whether to hold a new demonstration or a general strike.

Buenos Aires CGT to Discuss Response to Milei's Labor Reform

Buenos Aires, Feb 6 (NA) — The Board of Directors of the CGT is meeting this Friday at its headquarters on Azopardo Street, where they will define measures in rejection of the labor reform promoted by Javier Milei's administration in Congress. Leaders from the dialogue wing are more inclined to hold a new march similar to the one held in the days leading up to Christmas, while the more hardline members will propose a general strike during the discussion, reported Agencia Noticias Argentinas.

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