Overview
- The CGT met with confederations Wednesday and confirmed it will build a coordinated, sustained plan of action while leaving a final decision to the Consejo Directivo next week.
- The option gaining traction is a 'paro a la francesa,' a model of staggered, sector-by-sector stoppages that alternates actions over days or weeks to stretch pressure without a single national shutdown.
- Hard-line unions such as the UOM, La Fraternidad and Gastronómicos continue to push for a 36-hour nationwide general strike, creating a clear split between combative affiliates and the CGT leadership.
- The CGT says its complaint at the International Labour Organization in Geneva strengthened its case but domestic legal efforts have largely failed and individual unions will file separate court challenges rather than a single CGT suit.
- The government can blunt protests through compulsory conciliation, fines and a wider list of activities labeled essential in the reform's regulation, which limits how long and which sectors can sustain stoppages and raises the political stakes for workers.