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CGT Elects Sola, Jerónimo and Argüello to New Triumvirate as Labor Reform Looms

The new slate must forge a common stance on the government’s labor overhaul.

Overview

  • Delegates meeting at Obras Sanitarias validated a single list that kept a collegial leadership, electing Jorge Sola (Insurance), Cristian Jerónimo (Glass) and Octavio Argüello (Truckers) to a four-year term.
  • The CGT reported participation by 145 of 200 affiliated unions, with 1,830 of 2,130 delegates voting in favor of the slate.
  • A bid by Luis Barrionuevo to restore a single secretary-general was rejected, and the UTA and other allies stepped away from the new structure.
  • Key intermediaries such as Gerardo Martínez helped knit together the agreement, while Armando Cavalieri’s sizable delegate bloc proved decisive in the vote math.
  • The leadership’s immediate test is how to engage Javier Milei’s labor reform, with factions divided between a negotiating approach and a more combative stance.