Overview
- State workers will stop work on Tuesday, December 9, and march to Congress in Buenos Aires from 11 a.m., with workplace withdrawals beginning at 10:30.
- The strike rejects the government’s labor bill, demands reopening of wage talks and an emergency raise, and opposes a projected workforce reduction of about 28,000 positions concentrated in decentralized agencies such as INDEC, ANSES, CONICET, INTA, INTI, Enacom and the Anti‑Corruption Office.
- High‑level executive sources told TN the government will deduct a day’s pay from employees who join the strike.
- The Executive called extraordinary congressional sessions for December 10–30 to advance the reform package, with union leaders arguing the draft would weaken indemnities, stability agreements and collective bargaining.
- Provincial ATE branches, including Jujuy, are joining the action—pressing for the regularization of Covid‑era contracts and recategorizations—while leaders warn governors who back the bill could face protests, and hospital unions say essential care will be maintained.