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CGT Launches Two-Track Pushback as Milei’s Labor Overhaul Nears February Senate Debate

Union leaders will send labor lawyers to early hearings to press changes through governors’ backing.

Overview

  • The government is preparing Senate treatment around February 10–11 and has made the labor package a key priority.
  • The CGT will open with a technical presence in the Senate, deploying labor-law experts to argue article by article while it pursues provincial outreach.
  • Secretary General Jorge Sola said the union will seek to stop debate under the current draft and warned of court challenges and potential union actions.
  • Union objections focus on expanding essential services that restrict strikes, ending ultraactivity of collective agreements, altering the cuota solidaria, and replacing severance with a Fondo de Asignación Laboral.
  • Interior Minister Diego Santilli is courting governors with possible compensations to secure votes, as Córdoba estimates a roughly AR$97 billion yearly loss and Peronist leaders maintain their rejection.