Overview
- State workers walked off the job and marched to Congress in Buenos Aires as part of a nationwide ATE protest against the government’s proposed labor reform.
- Union leaders anchored the action in three demands: rejection of the labor package, reopening of paritarias for urgent wage adjustments, and resistance to a planned 10% staffing cut in national agencies such as CONICET, INDEC, ANSeS, INTA and INTI.
- Following decree 865/2025 calling extraordinary congressional sessions from December 10 to 30, the government said it will deduct a day’s pay from state employees who participated in the strike.
- ATE officials said details of the draft remain scarce and argued the changes would undermine unions, collective agreements, job stability protections and severance pay.
- ATE reported strike adherence averaging above 90% nationwide and signaled further mobilizations with allied labor groups as lawmakers take up the measure, with some leaders also voicing concern about a broader penal reform agenda.