Argentine workers launch widespread 24-hour strike against Milei's austerity measures

The empty stations and airports, but the buses were normally on the streets of Argentina. The general strike, the third in 16 months of Javier Milei's presidency, was followed in various ways on Thursday, 10 April. For its part, the executive ironed on a "last burst" of the "union caste".

Argentinian Unions Hold General Strike After Retirees Protest

This is the third general strike that Argentinians have organized against far-right President Javier Milei. On Thursday, the General Confederation of Labor (CGT), Argentina’s largest labor union federation, called for a 24-hour general strike to protest President Javier Milei’s austerity policies. The strike, supported by the Argentinian Workers’ Central Union (CTA) and 50 nationally significant unions, demands better wage conditions in response…

Several trade unions have called for a general strike by the Argentines. President Milei's government spoke of "extortion."

Argentina General Strike Demands End to Milei’s ‘Chainsaw’ Austerity Policies

Thousands in Congress with retirees, against repression and the agreement with the IMF. Partido Obrero, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Brett Wilkins / Common Dreams Increasingly fed up with economic policies under which poverty and inflation have soared while vital social services, wages, and the peso have taken huge hits, disaffected Argentinians took to the streets of cities across the South Ame…

The Fiscal Council presents a new bill for the development of the domestic budget. The figures are expected to increase the pressure on the government to pursue austerity policies.

Argentina hit by 24-hour general strike over austerity

Trains and planes were grounded in Argentina as a 24-hour general strike against President Javier Milei's austerity measures paralysed some services, even as the country awaits news on a fresh IMF loan.