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ATE Calls National Strike Tuesday Over Milei’s Labor Overhaul

The walkout targets a fast-tracked labor plan that union leaders say would erode worker protections and weaken collective bargaining.

Overview

  • Public-sector workers will stop work on December 9 and march to Congress in Buenos Aires, with provincial chapters including ATE Jujuy joining the action.
  • The government called extraordinary congressional sessions for December 10–30 to take up the labor reform, accelerating the legislative timeline.
  • A draft reviewed by LA NACION describes measures such as flexible contracts, a bank of hours, and a termination fund that could substitute severance pay, as well as changes to indemnity calculations.
  • ATE frames the initiative as a direct threat to unions and jobs while demanding a halt to layoffs, reopening of national wage talks, and regularization of precarious and Covid-era contracts.
  • Social organizations in the Unidad Piquetera, including Polo Obrero and UTEP, plan surprise roadblocks and communal kitchens in parallel with the strike.